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Evolution of Lomandroideae: Multiple origins of polyploidy and biome occupancy in Australia.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Aug 2020
Gunn Bee F, Murphy Daniel J, Walsh Neville G, Conran John G, Pires J Chris, Macfarlane Terry D, Birch Joanne L
Abstract excerpt
Asparagaceae: Lomandroideae are a species-rich and economically important subfamily in the monocot order Asparagales, with a center of diversity in Australia. Lomandroideae are ecologically diverse, occupying mesic and arid biomes in Australia and possessing an array of key traits, including sexual dimorphism, storage organs and polyploidy that are potentially adaptive for survival in seasonally arid and...
Topics
- Asparagaceae
- Australia
- Bayes Theorem
- Biological Evolution
- Diploidy
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Variation
- Likelihood Functions
- Organ Specificity
- Phylogeny
- Polyploidy