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 …

Intraspecific gene evolution cannot always be represented by a bifurcating tree. Rather,
population genealogies are often multifurcated, descendant genes coexist with persistent …

The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on phylogenetics Since the publication of
the first edition of this landmark volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic …

During the past decade, the plant disease called scab or Fusarium head blight of wheat and
barley has reached epidemic proportions in North America and elsewhere in the world …

The study of hybrids and their evolutionary significance is often based on a number of tacit
assumptions regarding character expression in hybrids. This article examines …

Although hybridization and introgression have been considered important in generation of
plant diversity, their role in evolutionary diversification of animals remains unclear. In this …

No question in theoretical biology has been more perennially controversial or perplexing
than" What is a species?" Recent advances in phylogenetic theory have called into question …

The field of systematic biology has been revitalized and transformed during the last few
decades by the confluence of phylogenetic thinking with ready access to the tools of …

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 cosmopolitan genus Botrytis contains 22 recognized species and one hybrid. The
current classification is largely based on morphological characters and, to a minor extent, on …