title: The root of angiosperm phylogeny inferred from duplicate phytochrome genes.
abstract: An analysis of duplicate phytochrome genes (PHYA and PHYC) is used to root the angiosperms, thereby avoiding the inclusion of highly diverged outgroup sequences. The results unambiguously place the root near Amborella (one species, New Caledonia) and resolve water lilies (Nymphaeales, approximately 70 species, cosmopolitan), followed by Austrobaileya (one species, Australia), as early branches. These findings bear directly on the interpretation of morphological evolution and diversification within angiosperms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. smathews@oeb.harvard.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Donoghue
mesh_terms: D001059:Apoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D020440:Gene Duplication; D017343:Genes, Plant; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010834:Phytochrome / Q000235:genetics*; D051942:Phytochrome A; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001059:Apoproteins; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C497973:PHYA protein, Arabidopsis; D051942:Phytochrome A; D010940:Plant Proteins; C406683:phytochrome C, Arabidopsis; D010834:Phytochrome