Highly conserved low‐copy nuclear genes as effective markers for phylogenetic analyses in angiosperms

N Zhang, L Zeng, H Shan, H Ma - New Phytologist, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Organismal phylogeny provides a crucial evolutionary framework for many studies and the
angiosperm phylogeny has been greatly improved recently, largely using organellar and …

Targeted sequence capture as a powerful tool for evolutionary analysis1

CE Grover, A Salmon, JF Wendel - American journal of botany, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Next‐generation sequencing technologies (NGS) have revolutionized biological research by
significantly increasing data generation while simultaneously decreasing the time to data …

Concerted evolution of multigene families and homoeologous recombination

GN Feliner, JA Rosselló - Plant Genome Diversity Volume 1: Plant …, 2012 - Springer
The dynamism of genomes is one of the most thoroughly documented paradigms in the
genomic era, envisaged by the cytogenetic school during middle decades of the twentieth …

Phylogeny of the Genus Chrysanthemum L.: Evidence from Single-Copy Nuclear Gene and Chloroplast DNA Sequences

PL Liu, Q Wan, YP Guo, J Yang, GY Rao - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Chrysanthemum L.(Asteraceae-Anthemideae) is a genus with rapid speciation. It comprises
about 40 species, most of which are distributed in East Asia. Many of these are narrowly …

Three genome-based phylogeny of Cupressaceae sl: further evidence for the evolution of gymnosperms and Southern Hemisphere biogeography

ZY Yang, JH Ran, XQ Wang - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2012 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic information is essential to interpret the evolution of species. While DNA
sequences from different genomes have been widely utilized in phylogenetic reconstruction …

Evolution and biogeography of the slipper orchids: Eocene vicariance of the conduplicate genera in the Old and New World tropics

YY Guo, YB Luo, ZJ Liu, XQ Wang - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Intercontinental disjunctions between tropical regions, which harbor two-thirds of the
flowering plants, have drawn great interest from biologists and biogeographers. Most …

Molecular phylogeny and character evolution in terete-stemmed Andean opuntias (Cactaceae− Opuntioideae)

CM Ritz, J Reiker, G Charles, P Hoxey, D Hunt… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2012 - Elsevier
The cacti of tribe Tephrocacteae (Cactaceae–Opuntioideae) are adapted to diverse climatic
conditions over a wide area of the southern Andes and adjacent lowlands. They exhibit a …

Progenitor-Derivative Relationships of Hordeum Polyploids (Poaceae, Triticeae) Inferred from Sequences of TOPO6, a Nuclear Low-Copy Gene Region

J Brassac, SS Jakob, FR Blattner - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Polyploidization is a major mechanism of speciation in plants. Within the barley genus
Hordeum, approximately half of the taxa are polyploids. While for diploid species a good …

Making next-generation sequencing work for you: approaches and practical considerations for marker development and phylogenetics

GT Godden, IE Jordon-Thaden, S Chamala… - Plant Ecology & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Recent reviews are setting the stage for the use of next-generation sequencing technologies
in phylogenetic applications. However, the processes for developing new markers for …

Development of phylogenetic markers from single-copy nuclear genes for multi locus, species level analyses in the mint family (Lamiaceae)

MA Curto, P Puppo, D Ferreira, M Nogueira… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2012 - Elsevier
The use of single copy nuclear markers is of increasing importance in plant phylogenetics.
The generally higher level of variability compared to chloroplast DNA and the ability to use …