MADS-box genes encode a family of transcription factors which control diverse
developmental processes in flowering plants ranging from root to flower and fruit …

Molecular data on relationships within angiosperms confirm the view that their increasing
morphological diversity through the Cretaceous reflected their evolutionary radiation …

Reconstructing the origin and evolution of land plants and their algal relatives is a
fundamental problem in plant phylogenetics, and is essential for understanding how critical …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

A phylogenetic analysis of a combined data set for 560 angiosperms and seven outgroups
based on three genes, 18S rDNA (1855 bp), rbcL (1428 bp), and atpB (1450 bp) …

Although great progress has been made in clarifying deep-level angiosperm relationships,
several early nodes in the angiosperm branch of the Tree of Life have proved difficult to …

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

During the past decade, there has been a rapid increase in our understanding of plastid
genome organization and evolution due to the availability of many new completely …

We used DNA sequencing and gel blot surveys to assess the integrity of the chloroplast
gene infA, which codes for translation initiation factor 1, in> 300 diverse angiosperms …

Angiosperms have dominated the Earth's vegetation since the mid-Cretaceous (90 million
years ago), providing much of our food, fibre, medicine and timber, yet their origin and early …