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Cophylogeny of the anther smut fungi and their caryophyllaceous hosts: Prevalence of host shifts and importance of delimiting parasite species for inferring cospeciation

Guislaine Refrégier1 email, Mickaël Le Gac1,2 email, Florian Jabbour1 email, Alex Widmer4 email, Jacqui A Shykoff1 email, Roxana Yockteng1,3 email, Michael E Hood5 email and Tatiana Giraud1 email

Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Bâtiment 360, Université Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay cedex, France ; CNRS F-91405 Orsay cedex, France

Department of Zoology, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

MNHN UMR 5202, Unité Origine, structure et évolution de la biodiversité, Département Systématique et Evolution, 16 rue Buffon CP 39 75005, France

ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology, Plant Ecological Genetics, Universitätstr. 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

Department of Biology, McGuire Life Sciences Building, Amherst College, Rts 9 & 116, Amherst, MA 01002-5000, USA

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:100doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-100

Published: 27 March 2008

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Bayesian 50% majority-rule consensus tree of the Microbotryum strains analyzed in this study based on the γ-tub gene. Statistical supports indicate Bayesian Posterior Probabilities (BPP)/Maximum Parsimony Bootstraps/Neighbor-Joining Bootstraps. Only nodes supported by more than two methods are indicated, the significant statistical supports being considered as higher than respectively 0.9/70/70. The tree is rooted based on previous studies (see text). Taxa labels correspond to the host plant on which fungal strains were collected. Clades not supported in the individual tree are indicated in grey.

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Bayesian 50% majority-rule consensus tree of the Microbotryum strains analyzed in this study based on the Ef1α gene. Statistical supports indicate Bayesian Posterior Probabilities (BPP)/Maximum Parsimony Bootstraps/Neighbor-Joining Bootstraps. Only nodes supported by more than two methods are indicated, the significant statistical supports being considered as higher than respectively 0.9/70/70. The tree is rooted based on previous studies (see text). Taxa labels correspond to the host plant on which fungal strains were collected. Clades not supported in the individual tree are indicated in grey.

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Bayesian 50% majority-rule consensus tree of the Microbotryum strains analyzed in this study based on the β-tub gene. Statistical supports indicate Bayesian Posterior Probabilities (BPP)/Maximum Parsimony Bootstraps/Neighbor-Joining Bootstraps. Only nodes supported by more than two methods are indicated, the significant statistical supports being considered as higher than respectively 0.9/70/70. The tree is rooted based on previous studies (see text). Taxa labels correspond to the host plant on which fungal strains were collected. Clades not supported in the individual tree are indicated in grey.

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Host species, name and sampling localities of the Microbotryum smut fungi analysed in this study.

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Sampling localities of plant samples analysed in this study.

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