Reconsidering the generation time hypothesis based on nuclear ribosomal <it>ITS </it>sequence comparisons in annual and perennial angiosperms

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Differences in plant annual/perennial habit are hypothesized to cause a generation time effect on divergence rates. Previous studies that compared rates of divergence for internal transcribed spacer (<it>ITS</it>1 and <...

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Main Authors: Fiz-Palacios Omar, Soria-Hernanz David F, Braverman John M, Hamilton Matthew B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/344