Interspecific plastome recombination reflects ancient reticulate evolution in Picea (Pinaceae)
Alexis R. Sullivan, Bastian Schiffthaler, Stacey Lee Thompson, Nathaniel Robert Street, Xiaoru Wang
The paper analyzes plastomes of 65 Picea accessions to find evidence of interspecific recombination and hybridization, challenging assumptions about uniparental plastid inheritance and recombination.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Mar 14, 2017Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology