Large-scale phylogenomic analysis resolves a backbone phylogeny in ferns
Author(s) -
Hui Shen,
Dongmei Jin,
Jiang-Ping Shu,
Xile Zhou,
Ming Lei,
Ran Wei,
Hui Shang,
HONG-JIN WEI,
Rui Zhang,
Li Liu,
YuFeng Gu,
XianChun Zhang,
YueHong Yan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
gigascience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.947
H-Index - 54
ISSN - 2047-217X
DOI - 10.1093/gigascience/gix116
Subject(s) - fern , monophyly , biology , clade , phylogenetics , sister group , dryopteridaceae , evolutionary biology , molecular phylogenetics , coalescent theory , phylogenomics , botany , genetics , gene
Ferns, originated about 360 million years ago, are the sister group of seed plants. Despite the remarkable progress in our understanding of fern phylogeny, with conflicting molecular evidence and different morphological interpretations, relationships among major fern lineages remain controversial.
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