DNA sequences, powerful for phylogeny, have not yet proven as rewarding for taxonomic
categorization purposes. However, further analyses of one locus, the second Internal …

Whole genome duplications (WGDs) followed by diploidization, which includes gene loss,
have been an important recurrent process in the evolution of higher eukaryotes. Gene …

The internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) of the nuclear ribosomal repeat unit is one of the
most commonly applied phylogenetic markers. It is a fast evolving locus, which makes it …

The extent and evolutionary significance of hybridization is difficult to evaluate because of
the difficulty in distinguishing hybridization from incomplete lineage sorting. Here we present …

Background Corals are notoriously difficult to identify at the species-level due to few
diagnostic characters and variable skeletal morphology. This' coral species problem'is an …

In this paper, we examine how the Spartina system has helped our understanding of the
genomic aspects of allopolyploid speciation in the context of biological invasion. More …

DNA barcoding (“barcoding”) has been proposed as a rapid and practical molecular method
to identify species via diagnostic variation in short orthologous DNA sequences from one or …

The information that can be obtained from the secondary structure of the nuclear ribosomal
internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) is substantial, and yet many studies exploit this …

Phylogenetic utility of two nuclear genes (GBSSI-2 and DHAR) was explored in genus
Fragaria in order to clarify phylogenetic relationships among taxa and to elucidate the origin …

We investigate the species discriminatory power of a subset of the proposed plant barcoding
loci (matK, rbcL, rpoC1, rpoB, trnH‐psbA) in Carex, a cosmopolitan genus that represents …