Morphology, geographic distribution, and host preferences are poor predictors of phylogenetic relatedness in the mistletoe genus Viscum L.
K. Maul, M. Krug, D. L. Nickrent, K. F. Mueller, D. Quandt, S. Wicke
This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of the mistletoe genus Viscum using DNA sequences and finds that morphology, geographic distribution, and host preferences are poor predictors of phylogenetic relatedness.
bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2018Evolutionary Biology