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Mitochondrial matR sequences help to resolve deep phylogenetic relationships in rosids.
BMC evolutionary biology - 10 Nov 2007
Zhu Xin-Yu, Chase Mark W, Qiu Yin-Long, Kong Hong-Zhi, Dilcher David L, Li Jian-Hua, Chen Zhi-Duan
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BACKGROUND: Rosids are a major clade in the angiosperms containing 13 orders and about one-third of angiosperm species. Recent molecular analyses recognized two major groups (i.e., fabids with seven orders and malvids with three orders). However, phylogenetic relationships within the two groups and among fabids, malvids, and potentially basal rosids including Geraniales, Myrtales, and Crossosomatales remain to be...
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