Experimental signal dissection and method sensitivity analyses reaffirm the potential of fossils and morphology in the resolution of the relationship of angiosperms and Gnetales
M. Coiro, G. Chomicki, J. A. Doyle
This study analyzes morphological datasets to resolve the phylogenetic relationship between angiosperms and Gnetales, finding that long branch attraction explains the morphological grouping of angiosperms and Gnetales, while molecular data support a closer relationship between Gnetales and conifers.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2018Evolutionary Biology