Systematic biology
Nuclear Phylogenomic Insights into Relationships, Support, and Conflict Among the Early Diverging Lineages of the Megadiverse Epidendroid Orchids.
Craig F Barrett, John V Freudenstein, Samuel V Skibicki, Cameron W Corbett, Brandon T Sinn, Hana L Thixton-Nolan, William J Baker, Vincent S F T Merckx, Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar, Matthew C Pace, Paul M Peterson, Kenji Suetsugu, Tomohisa Yukawa
Published: 202510.1093/sysbio/syaf069
Abstract
Parasites present fascinating examples of evolutionary modification that simultaneously pose challenges for systematics. This is exemplified by fully mycoheterotrophic orchids, which are completely dependent on fungi, constituting nearly half of all…
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