One of the most popular sequences for phylogenetic inference at the generic and
infrageneric levels in plants is the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the 18S–5.8 S …

Polyploidy is a prominent process in plants and has been significant in the evolutionary
history of vertebrates and other eukaryotes. In plants, interdisciplinary approaches …

Fruits are the defining feature of angiosperms, likely have contributed to angiosperm
successes by protecting and dispersing seeds, and provide foods to humans and other …

A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Andean genus Tarasa (Malvaceae) and related
genera yielded unexpected results regarding generic boundaries, the origins of polyploidy …

Ulva, one of the first Linnaean genera, was later circumscribed to consist of green seaweeds
with distromatic blades, and Enteromorpha Link was established for tubular forms. Although …

Phylogenetic relationships within the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex were extended to
newly discovered strains using nucleotide characters obtained by sequencing polymerase …

Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

The species tree paradigm that dominates current molecular systematic practice infers
species trees from collections of sequences under assumptions of the multispecies …

The internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of the nuclear ribosomal 18S–5.8 S–26S cistron
continue to be the most popular non-plastid region for species-level phylogenetic studies of …

The Brassicaceae family comprises c. 4000 species including economically important crops
and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Despite their importance, the relationships among …