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Evolution at the tips: Asclepias phylogenomics and new perspectives on leaf surfaces.
American journal of botany - 1 Mar 2018
Fishbein Mark, Straub Shannon C K, Boutte Julien, Hansen Kimberly, Cronn Richard C, Liston Aaron
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Leaf surface traits, such as trichome density and wax production, mediate important ecological processes such as anti-herbivory defense and water-use efficiency. We present a phylogenetic analysis of Asclepias plastomes as a framework for analyzing the evolution of trichome density and presence of epicuticular waxes. METHODS: We produced a maximum-likelihood phylogeny using plastomes of 103...
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