Phylogenetic analyses of <it>Vitis </it>(Vitaceae) based on complete chloroplast genome sequences: effects of taxon sampling and phylogenetic methods on resolving relationships among rosids

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Vitaceae (grape) is an economically important family of angiosperms whose phylogenetic placement is currently unresolved. Recent phylogenetic analyses based on one to several genes have suggested several alternative placements of...

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Main Authors: Alverson Andrew J, Tomkins Jeffrey, Lee Seung-Bum, Saski Christopher, Kaittanis Charalambos, Jansen Robert K, Daniell Henry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/32