Has vicariance or dispersal been the predominant biogeographic force in Madagascar? Only time will tell

AD Yoder, MD Nowak - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Madagascar is one of the world's hottest biodiversity hot spots due to its diverse, endemic,
and highly threatened biota. This biota shows a distinct signature of evolution in isolation …

Cretaceous angiosperm flowers: innovation and evolution in plant reproduction

EM Friis, KR Pedersen, PR Crane - Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology …, 2006 - Elsevier
Information on the fossil record of angiosperms has expanded dramatically over the past
twenty-five years, and in particular the discovery of numerous mesofossil floras with fossil …

A phylogenetic framework for evolutionary study of the nightshades (Solanaceae): a dated 1000-tip tree

T Särkinen, L Bohs, RG Olmstead, S Knapp - BMC evolutionary biology, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The Solanaceae is a plant family of great economic importance.
Despite a wealth of phylogenetic work on individual clades and a deep knowledge of …

Genome of wild olive and the evolution of oil biosynthesis

T Unver, Z Wu, L Sterck, M Turktas… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Here we present the genome sequence and annotation of the wild olive tree (Olea europaea
var. sylvestris), called oleaster, which is considered an ancestor of cultivated olive trees …

Nested radiations and the pulse of angiosperm diversification: increased diversification rates often follow whole genome duplications

DC Tank, JM Eastman, MW Pennell, PS Soltis… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Our growing understanding of the plant tree of life provides a novel opportunity to uncover
the major drivers of angiosperm diversity. Using a time‐calibrated phylogeny, we …

Analysis of 41 plant genomes supports a wave of successful genome duplications in association with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

K Vanneste, G Baele, S Maere… - Genome research, 2014 - genome.cshlp.org
Ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs), also referred to as paleopolyploidizations,
have been reported in most evolutionary lineages. Their attributed role remains a major …

[图书][B] Flowering plants

A Takhtajan - 2009 - Springer
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 …

Tracing the impact of the Andean uplift on Neotropical plant evolution

A Antonelli, JAA Nylander… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Recent phylogenetic studies have revealed the major role played by the uplift of the Andes
in the extraordinary diversification of the Neotropical flora. These studies, however, have …

Identifying hidden rate changes in the evolution of a binary morphological character: the evolution of plant habit in campanulid angiosperms

JM Beaulieu, BC O'Meara, MJ Donoghue - Systematic biology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The growth of phylogenetic trees in scope and in size is promising from the standpoint of
understanding a wide variety of evolutionary patterns and processes. With trees comprised …

Rates of molecular evolution are linked to life history in flowering plants

SA Smith, MJ Donoghue - science, 2008 - science.org
Variable rates of molecular evolution have been documented across the tree of life, but the
cause of this observed variation within and among clades remains uncertain. In plants, it has …