Monocot plastid phylogenomics, timeline, net rates of species diversification, the power of multi-gene analyses, and a functional model for the origin of monocots.

Thomas J GivnishAlejandro ZuluagaDaniel SpalinkMarybel Soto GomezVivienne K Y LamJeffrey M SaarelaChodon SassWilliam J D IlesDanilo José Lima de SousaJames Leebens-MackJ Chris PiresWendy B ZomleferMaria A GandolfoJerrold I DavisDennis W StevensonClaude dePamphilisChelsea D SpechtSean W GrahamCraig F BarrettCécile Ané

Published in: American journal of botany (2018)

We provide the first resolved, well-supported monocot phylogeny and timeline spanning all families, and quantify the significant contribution of plastome-scale data to resolving short, deep branches. We outline a new functional model for the evolution of monocots and their diagnostic morphological traits from submersed aquatic ancestors, supported by convergent evolution of many of these traits in aquatic Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales).

Keyphrases

genome wide
risk assessment
copy number
dna methylation
gene expression
machine learning
transcription factor
data analysis
genome wide identification