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Review
. 2003 Aug;132(4):1790-800.
doi: 10.1104/pp.103.022509.

The role of phylogenetics in comparative genetics

Douglas E Soltis  1 , Pamela S Soltis
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Review

The role of phylogenetics in comparative genetics

Douglas E Soltis et al. Plant Physiol. 2003 Aug.
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Summary of phylogenetic relationships among major lineages of embryophytes (land plants). Charales are the sister group of the embryophytes. Within the embryophytes, liverworts, hornworts, and mosses are the basal most lineages; however, their precise branching order is uncertain. One of the best supported topologies is depicted with liverworts, hornworts, and mosses as successive sisters to the tracheophytes (vascular plants). Within tracheophytes, there are two clades: monilophytes and spermatophytes (seed plants). Data from Karol et al. (2001), Pryer et al. (2001), and Soltis et al. (2002). Photograph of Chara courtesy of R. McCourt; photographs of Welwitschia and Ophioglossum courtesy of H. Wilson; photographs of Ginkgo sp. and Zamia courtesy of J. Manhart; photograph of Polypodium courtesy of J. Reveal; Anthoceros taken from CalPhotos (http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu); other photographs from the online teaching collection of the Botanical Society of America (http://www.botany.org/).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Summary tree of angiosperm relationships based on Soltis et al. (, 2003), with basal angiosperm relationships modified following Zanis et al. (2002). Numbers are jackknife values. Values for basal angiosperms are from Zanis et al. (2002); the value for the placement of Gunnerales is from Soltis et al. (2003); other eudicot values are from Soltis et al. (2000).
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