Phylogeny of the Genus Chrysanthemum L.: Evidence from Single-Copy Nuclear Gene and Chloroplast DNA Sequences

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 11; p. e48970
• Main Authors: Liu, Ping-Li, Wan, Qian, Guo, Yan-Ping, Yang, Ji, Rao, Guang-Yuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.11.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Achillea; Asteraceae; Bayes Theorem; Bioinformatics; Biology; Chloroplast DNA; Chloroplasts; Chrysanthemum; Chrysanthemum - genetics; Dendranthema; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Divergence; DNA; DNA Primers - genetics; DNA sequencing; DNA, Chloroplast - genetics; DNA, Plant - genetics; Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem; Environmental conditions; Evolution, Molecular; Flowers & plants; Gene sequencing; Genera; Genes; Genes, Plant; Genetic research; Hybridization; Life sciences; Models, Statistical; Morphology; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Ploidies; Ploidy; Pollen; Pollen - metabolism; Polyploidy; RpoB protein; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Speciation; Species; Species Specificity; Beijing China; East Asia; China

Chrysanthemum L. (Asteraceae-Anthemideae) is a genus with rapid speciation. It comprises about 40 species, most of which are distributed in East Asia. Many of these are narrowly distributed and habitat-specific. Considerable variations in morphology and ploidy are found in this genus. Some species h...