Conflicting genomic signals affect phylogenetic inference in four species of North American pines

• Published in: AoB plants Vol. 8
• Main Authors: Koralewski, Tomasz E., Mateos, Mariana, Krutovsky, Konstantin V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Bayesian analysis; Bayesian theory; climate; Economic importance; Evolution; Evolution & development; evolutionary adaptation; Genes; genomics; Gymnosperms; Interspecific hybridization; introgression; Miocene; Miocene epoch; parallel evolution; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Pine trees; Pinus echinata; Plant species; slash; Southeastern United States; statistical analysis; Topology; Water management; wood; Southeastern United States; drought tolerance; phylogeny; parallel evolution; plant defence; wood formation; southern pines; Australes

Eleven nuclear genes and multiple phylogenetic techniques were used to study relationships among four of North American pines from subsection Australes (genus Pinus). Support for phylogenies reconstructed based on all data was generally weak and inconsistent among methods. Subsequent analysis reveal...