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Diversification of CYCLOIDEA-like genes in Dipsacaceae (Dipsacales): implications for the evolution of capitulum inflorescences

Sara E Carlson1,4*, Dianella G Howarth2 and Michael J Donoghue1,3

1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8106, USA

2 Department of Biological Sciences, 8000 Utopia Pkwy, St John's University, Jamaica, New York 11439, USA

3 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8106, USA

4 Department of Evolutionary Botany, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2009, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 11:325 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-325

Published: 6 November 2011

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Species included in this study. Species used in this study, with voucher information and GenBank numbers. PDF document.

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