RAD sequencing resolved phylogenetic relationships in European shrub willows (Salix L. subg. Chamaetia and subg. Vetrix) and revealed multiple evolution of dwarf shrubs.

ABSTRACT: The large and diverse genus Salix L. is of particular interest for decades of biological research. However, despite the morphological plasticity, the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships was so far hampered by the lack of informative molecular markers. Infrageneric classification based on morphology separates dwarf shrubs (subg. Chamaetia) and taller shrubs (subg. Vetrix), while previous phylogenetic studies placed species of these two subgenera just in one largely unresolved clade. Here we want to test the utility of genomic RAD sequencing markers for resolving relationships at different levels of divergence in Salix. Based on a sampling of 15 European species representing 13 sections of the two subgenera, we used five different RAD sequencing datasets

SUBMITTER: Wagner ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145212 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature