title: Reconstructing reticulate evolutionary histories of plants.
abstract: Identifying signatures of hybridization in molecular data and distinguishing them from other causes of phylogenetic incongruence is important for evaluating the evolutionary significance of hybridization in plants. Consensus networks and supernetworks provide a means for doing this. In this review, we explain these methodologies, discuss their potential and illustrate their application with examples from the Brassicaceae.
authors.affiliation: Allan Wilson Centre, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McBreen
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lockhart
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008954:Models, Biological; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics