Rates of Molecular Evolution Are Linked to Life History in Flowering Plants

By Stephen A. Smith, Michael J. Donoghue. Science, 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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From Mediterranean shores to central Saharan mountains: key phylogeographical insights from the genus Myrtus (2012, background): “This value is congruent with the average absolute rate of substitution for cpDNA across land plants with relatively long generation times (Smith & Donoghue, 2008; Désamoré et al., Journal of Biogeography 39, 942–956 947 ª 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011).”
Insular Woodiness on the Canary Islands: A Remarkable Case of Convergent Evolution (2013, background): “The lack of development into shrubs might be related to (1) much shorter generation times, leading to higher rates of molecular evolution (Smith and Donoghue 2008), (2) the possible occurrence in specific microhabitats that do not require much allocation of energy and resources in wood formation…”
Phylogeographic analyses suggest that a deciduous species (Ostryopsis davidiana Decne., Betulaceae) survived in northern China during the Last Glacial Maximum (2009, background): “All available calibrations suggest that cpDNA mutation rates of most shrubs are within this range, with those of a few herb species higher (Richardson et al., 2001; Smith & Donoghue, 2008).”
How much of the world is woody? (2014, background): “Journal of Ecology © 2014 British Ecological Society woody and herbaceous species have markedly different rates of molecular evolution (Smith & Donoghue 2008).”
Molecular systematics and character evolution in Caryophyllaceae (2011, background): “In turn, larger phylogenies have increased our ability to elucidate broad-scale evolutionary patterns (e.g., Moles & al., 2005; Smith & Donoghue, 2008; Smith & Beaulieu, 2009; Edwards & Smith, 2010; Goldberg & al., 2010).”
Plant DNA barcodes and a community phylogeny of a tropical forest dynamics plot in Panama (2009, background): “, generation times (3) and age-of-crown group diversification (4)].”
Taking into account phylogenetic and divergence‐time uncertainty in a parametric biogeographical analysis of the Northern Hemisphere plant clade Caprifolieae (2009, positive): “Smith & Donoghue (2008) found lineage-specific rate heterogeneity between Triosteum and Lonicera, which were sister clades in their maximum-likelihood analysis of Dipsacales.”
MODELING STABILIZING SELECTION: EXPANDING THE ORNSTEIN–UHLENBECK MODEL OF ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION (2012, background): “Here, we generally define the tree/shrub or “woody” category as simply large plants with long generation times (e.g., Smith and Donoghue 2008).”
Ecology of plant speciation (2010, background): “Presumably this effect is due to the shortening of the life cycle and increasing rates of molecular divergence; increases in the latter are associated with shorter life-cycles or more rapid growth (Gaut & al., 1992; Givnish & al., 2007; S.A. Smith & Donoghue, 2008).”