Ribosomal ITS sequences and plant phylogenetic inference

I Álvarez, JF Wendel - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2003 - Elsevier
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 …

Thirteen Camelliachloroplast genome sequences determined by high-throughput sequencing: genome structure and phylogenetic relationships

H Huang, C Shi, Y Liu, SY Mao, LZ Gao - BMC Evolutionary biology, 2014 - Springer
Background Camellia is an economically and phylogenetically important genus in the family
Theaceae. Owing to numerous hybridization and polyploidization, it is taxonomically and …

Recent trends in molecular phylogenetic analysis: where to next?

C Blair, RW Murphy - Journal of Heredity, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The acquisition of large multilocus sequence data is providing researchers with an
unprecedented amount of information to resolve difficult phylogenetic problems. With these …

SeqState: primer design and sequence statistics for phylogenetic DNA datasets

K Müller - Applied bioinformatics, 2005 - Springer
Choosing and designing primers based on available DNA sequence data and statistical
contrasting of domains or structural features is a common routine among molecular …

A comprehensive phylogeny of the bumble bees (Bombus)

SA Cameron, HM Hines… - Biological journal of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Bumble bees (Bombus Latreille) occupy a wide diversity of habitats, from alpine
meadows to lowland tropical forest, yet they appear to be similar in morphology throughout …

Diversification and biogeography of Juniperus (Cupressaceae): variable diversification rates and multiple intercontinental dispersals

K Mao, G Hao, J Liu, RP Adams, RI Milne - New Phytologist, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A central aim of biogeography is to understand when and how modern patterns of species
diversity and distribution developed. Many plant groups have disjunct distributions within the …

Molecular phylogenetics of Squamata: the position of snakes, amphisbaenians, and dibamids, and the root of the squamate tree

TM Townsend, A Larson, E Louis… - Systematic biology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Squamate reptiles (snakes, lizards, and amphisbaenians) serve as model systems for
evolutionary studies of a variety of morphological and behavioral traits, and phylogeny is …

GapCoder automates the use of indel characters in phylogenetic analysis

ND Young, J Healy - BMC bioinformatics, 2003 - Springer
Background Several ways of incorporating indels into phylogenetic analysis have been
suggested. Simple indel coding has two strengths:(1) biological realism and (2) efficiency of …

Mutational dynamics and phylogenetic utility of noncoding chloroplast DNA

T Borsch, D Quandt - Plant systematics and evolution, 2009 - Springer
Introns and spacers are a rich and well-appreciated information source for evolutionary
studies in plants. Compared to coding sequences, the mutational dynamics of introns and …

Incorporating information from length-mutational events into phylogenetic analysis

K Müller - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2006 - Elsevier
With the growing number of phylogenetic studies that use length variable DNA sequences,
incorporating information from length-mutational events into phylogenetic analysis is …