The family Brassicaceae is well known for its large variation in chromosome numbers,
common occurrence of polyploids and many reports of interspecific gene flow. The present …

Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences have prompted spectacular progress in
assembling the Tree of Life. However, progress in constructing phylogenies among closely …

DNA barcoding based on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 (cox1) sequence is
being employed for diverse groups of animals with demonstrated success in species …

We report herein the application of a set of algorithms to identify a large number (2869) of
single-copy orthologs (COSII), which are shared by most, if not all, euasterid plant species …

In recent studies, phylogenetic networks have been derived from so-called multilabeled
trees in order to understand the origins of certain polyploids. Although the trees used in …

Asparagales are a diverse monophyletic order that has numerous species (ca. 50% of
monocots) including important crop plants such as Allium, Asparagus, and Vanilla, and a …

Interspecific hybridization and polyploidization have played central roles in plant
diversification. However, technical difficulties in the analyses of low-copy genes have limited …

The monophyletic Eurasian clade of Amaryllidaceae was analyzed using plastid ndhF and
rDNA ITS sequences for 33 and 29 taxa, respectively; all genera were represented by at …

Evidence is presented for phylogenetic relationships in pantropical Melastomataceae,
subfamily Olisbeoideae based on combined exon and intron sequences of the nuclear …

The systematic identification of the orthologous features of related organisms greatly
facilitates comparative genomics, including research on genome evolution and comparative …