The Perfect Storm: Gene Tree Estimation Error, Incomplete Lineage Sorting, and Ancient Gene Flow Explain the Most Recalcitrant Ancient Angiosperm Clade, Malpighiales
L. Cai, Z. Xi, E. M. Lemmon, A. R. Lemmon, A. Mast, C. E. Buddenhagen, L. Liu, C. C. DAVIS
This study investigates the factors causing unresolved phylogenetic relationships in Malpighiales, finding that gene tree heterogeneity arises from incomplete lineage sorting, gene tree estimation error, and ancient gene flow.
bioRxiv · May 26, 2020Evolutionary Biology