Living gymnosperms comprise four major groups: cycads, Ginkgo, conifers, and
gnetophytes. Relationships among/within these lineages have not been fully resolved. Next …

Summary 1 Large‐seeded species have long been known to have higher survivorship
during establishment than small‐seeded species. Here, we assessed the size of this …

Green plants (Viridiplantae) include around 450,000–500,000 species, of great diversity and
have important roles in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Here, as part of the One …

Premise of the Study For the past one billion years, green plants (Viridiplantae) have
dominated global ecosystems, yet many key branches in their evolutionary history remain …

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

A new classification and linear sequence of the gymnosperms based on previous molecular
and morphological phylogenetic and other studies is presented. Currently accepted genera …

Rates of molecular evolution vary widely between lineages, but quantification of how rates
change has proven difficult. Recently proposed estimation procedures have mainly adopted …

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

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade,
newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow …

Recent studies on AGAMOUS-LIKE2-, DEFICIENS-and GLOBOSA-like MADS-box genes in
diverse seed plant species have provided novel insights into the mechanisms by which the …