Phylogenomics and the reconstruction of the tree of life

F Delsuc, H Brinkmann, H Philippe - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2005 - nature.com
As more complete genomes are sequenced, phylogenetic analysis is entering a new era—
that of phylogenomics. One branch of this expanding field aims to reconstruct the …

A review of long‐branch attraction

J Bergsten - Cladistics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The history of long‐branch attraction, and in particular methods suggested to detect and
avoid the artifact to date, is reviewed. Methods suggested to avoid LBA‐artifacts include …

Plastid phylogenomic insights into relationships of all flowering plant families

HT Li, Y Luo, L Gan, PF Ma, LM Gao, JB Yang, J Cai… - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Flowering plants (angiosperms) are dominant components of global terrestrial
ecosystems, but phylogenetic relationships at the familial level and above remain only …

[PDF][PDF] An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II

APG Ii - Botanical journal of the Linnean Society, 2003 - plantnetwork.org
During the 1990s, reconstruction of flowering plant phylogeny took a great step forward.
Rapidly accumulating DNA sequences, in particular from the plastid gene rbcL (eg Chase et …

Analysis of 81 genes from 64 plastid genomes resolves relationships in angiosperms and identifies genome-scale evolutionary patterns

RK Jansen, Z Cai, LA Raubeson… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Angiosperms are the largest and most successful clade of land plants with> 250,000 species
distributed in nearly every terrestrial habitat. Many phylogenetic studies have been based on …

The major clades of MADS-box genes and their role in the development and evolution of flowering plants

A Becker, G Theißen - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2003 - Elsevier
MADS-box genes encode a family of transcription factors which control diverse
developmental processes in flowering plants ranging from root to flower and fruit …

Applying DNA barcoding to red macroalgae: a preliminary appraisal holds promise for future applications

GW Saunders - … transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Marine macroalgae, especially the Rhodophyta, can be notoriously difficult to identify owing
to their relatively simple morphology and anatomy, convergence, rampant phenotypic …

An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II

the ANGIOSPERM PHYLOGENY … - Botanical Journal of the …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
A revised and updated classification for the families of the flowering plants is provided.
Newly adopted orders include Austrobaileyales, Canellales, Gunnerales, Crossosomatales …

Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (monilophytes) with a focus on the early leptosporangiate divergences

KM Pryer, E Schuettpelz, PG Wolf… - American journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The phylogenetic structure of ferns (= monilophytes) is explored here, with a special focus
on the early divergences among leptosporangiate lineages. Despite considerable progress …

Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants

KM Pryer, H Schneider, AR Smith, R Cranfill, PG Wolf… - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Most of the 470-million-year history of plants on land belongs to bryophytes, pteridophytes
and gymnosperms, which eventually yielded to the ecological dominance by angiosperms …