As more complete genomes are sequenced, phylogenetic analysis is entering a new era—
that of phylogenomics. One branch of this expanding field aims to reconstruct the …

Until recently, molecular phylogenies based on a single or few orthologous genes often
yielded contradictory results. Using multiple genes in a large concatenation was proposed to …

Phylogenomics, the use of large-scale data matrices in phylogenetic analyses, has been
viewed as the ultimate solution to the problem of resolving difficult nodes in the tree of life …

Background Next-generation sequencing has provided a wealth of plastid genome
sequence data from an increasingly diverse set of green plants (Viridiplantae). Although …

Angiosperms are the largest and most successful clade of land plants with> 250,000 species
distributed in nearly every terrestrial habitat. Many phylogenetic studies have been based on …

Background Thanks to the large amount of signal contained in genome-wide sequence
alignments, phylogenomic analyses are converging towards highly supported trees …

Progress in sequencing technology allows researchers to assemble ever-larger
supermatrices for phylogenomic inference. However, current phylogenomic studies often …

The Leguminosae, the third–largest angiosperm family, has a global distribution and high
ecological and economic impor tance. We examine how the legume systematic research …

A deeper phylogenetic understanding of ancient patterns of diversification would contribute
to solving many problems in evolutionary biology, yet many of these phylogenies remain …

Plant cells possess two more genomes besides the central nuclear genome: the
mitochondrial genome and the chloroplast genome (or plastome). Compared to the gigantic …