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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Large multi-gene phylogenetic trees of the grasses (Poaceae): Progress towards complete tribal and generic level sampling
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 47, No. 2, Year 2008
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In this paper we included a very broad representation of grass family diversity (84% of tribes and 42% of genera). Phylogenetic inference was based on three plastid DNA regions rbcL, matK and trnL-F, using maximum parsimony and Bayesian methods. Our results resolved most of the subfamily relationships within the major clades (BEP and PACCMAD), which had previously been unclear, such as, among others the: (i) BEP and PACCMAD sister relationship, (ii) composition of clades and the sister-relationship of Ehrhartoideae and Bambusoideae + Pooideae, (iii) paraphyly of tribe Bambuseae, (iv) position of Gynerium as sister to Panicoideae, (v) phylogenetic position of Micrairoideae. With the presence of a relatively large amount of missing data, we were able to increase taxon sampling substantially in our analyses from 107 to 295 taxa. However, bootstrap support and to a lesser extent Bayesian inference posterior probabilities were generally lower in analyses involving missing data than those not including them. We produced a fully resolved phylogenetic summary tree for the grass family at subfamily level and indicated the most likely relationships of all included tribes in our analysis. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bouchenak-Khelladi, Yanis
Ireland, Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
Salamin, Nicolas
Switzerland, Lausanne
Université de Lausanne Unil
Savolainen, Vincent
United Kingdom, Richmond
Jodrell Laboratory
Forest, Félix
United Kingdom, Richmond
Jodrell Laboratory
van der Bank, Michelle
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg
Chase, Mark W.
United Kingdom, Richmond
Jodrell Laboratory
Hodkinson, Trevor Roland
Ireland, Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
Statistics
Citations: 229
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.035
ISSN:
10557903
e-ISSN:
10959513
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics