| | |  | | | | Record from Web of Science® | | | | | | |
| The root of angiosperm phylogeny inferred from duplicate phytochrome genes |
|
|
| Author(s): Mathews S, Donoghue MJ |
| Source: SCIENCE Volume: 286 Issue: 5441 Pages: 947-950 Published: OCT 29 1999 |
| Times Cited: 249 References: 40 |
| Abstract: An analysis of duplicate phytochrome genes (PHYA and PHYC) is used to root the angiosperms, thereby avoiding the inclusion of highly diverged outgroup sequences. The results unambiguously place the root near Amborella tone species, New Caledonia) and resolve water Lilies (Nymphaeales, similar to 70 species, cosmopolitan), followed by Austrobaileya tone species, Australia), as early branches. These findings bear directly on the interpretation of morphological evolution and diversification within angiosperms. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Mathews, S (reprint author), Harvard Univ Herbaria, Dept Organism & Evolutionary Biol, 22 Divin Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA |
Addresses:
1. Harvard Univ Herbaria, Dept Organism & Evolutionary Biol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA |
| Publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: 250BE |
| ISSN: 0036-8075 |
|
| | | | | | | | | Record from Web of Science® | | | | | | | | | |