Rate of gene sequence evolution and species diversification in flowering plants: a re-evaluation

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Title
Rate of gene sequence evolution and species diversification in flowering plants: a re-evaluation
Journal
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences
Author(s)
Savolainen V., Goudet J.
ISSN
0962-8452
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1998
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
265
Number
1396
Pages
603-607
Language
english
Abstract
Barraclough and co-workers (in a paper published in 1996) observed that there was a significant positive correlation between the rate of evolution of the rbcL chloroplast gene within families of flowering plants and the number of species in those families. We tested three additional data sets of our own (based on both plastid and nuclear genes) and used methods designed specifically for the comparison of sister families (based on random speciation and extinction). We show that, over all sister groups, the correlation between the rate of gene evolution and an increased diversity is not always present. Despite tending towards a positive association, the observation of individual probabilities presents a U-shaped distribution of association (i.e. it can be either significantly positive or negative). We discuss the influence of both phylogenetic sampling and applied taxonomies on the results.
Keywords
biodiversity, gene sequence evolution, rbcL, 18S nuclear gene, angiosperms
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