Date of the monocot-dicot divergence estimated from chloroplast DNA sequence data.

@article{Wolfe1989DateOT,
  title={Date of the monocot-dicot divergence estimated from chloroplast DNA sequence data.},
  author={Kenneth H. Wolfe and Manolo Gouy and Y W Yang and Paul M. Sharp and W. -H. Li},
  journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  year={1989},
  volume={86 16},
  pages={
          6201-5
        }
}
  • K. H. Wolfe, M. Gouy, W. Li
  • Published 1 August 1989
  • Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The divergence between monocots and dicots represents a major event in higher plant evolution, yet the date of its occurrence remains unknown because of the scarcity of relevant fossils. We have estimated this date by reconstructing phylogenetic trees from chloroplast DNA sequences, using two independent approaches: the rate of synonymous nucleotide substitution was calibrated from the divergence of maize, wheat, and rice, whereas the rate of nonsynonymous substitution was calibrated from the… 
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