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Single-copy nuclear genes place haustorial Hydnoraceae within piperales and reveal a cretaceous origin of multiple parasitic angiosperm lineages.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Naumann Julia, Salomo Karsten, Der Joshua P, Wafula Eric K, Bolin Jay F, Maass Erika, Frenzke Lena, Samain Marie-Stéphanie, Neinhuis Christoph, dePamphilis Claude W, Wanke Stefan
Abstract excerpt
Extreme haustorial parasites have long captured the interest of naturalists and scientists with their greatly reduced and highly specialized morphology. Along with the reduction or loss of photosynthesis, the plastid genome often decays as photosynthetic genes are released from selective constraint. This makes it challenging to use traditional plastid genes for parasitic plant phylogenetics, and has driven the...
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