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Chloroplast Genome Evolution in Early Diverged Leptosporangiate Ferns

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Complete plastid genomes from Ophioglossum californicum, Psilotum nudum, and Equisetum hyemale reveal an ancestral land plant genome structure and resolve the position of Equisetales among monilophytes

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Accelerated Rate of Molecular Evolution for Vittarioid Ferns is Strong and Not Driven by Selection

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The Complete Chloroplast Genome of Ginkgo biloba Reveals the Mechanism of Inverted Repeat Contraction

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The Patterns and Causes of Variation in Plant Nucleotide Substitution Rates

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Datamonkey 2010: a suite of phylogenetic analysis tools for evolutionary biology

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Complete plastome sequences of Equisetum arvense and Isoetes flaccida: implications for phylogeny and plastid genome evolution of early land plant lineages

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ABRUPT DECELERATION OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION LINKED TO THE ORIGIN OF ARBORESCENCE IN FERNS

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THE LOCAL-CLOCK PERMUTATION TEST: A SIMPLE TEST TO COMPARE RATES OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION ON PHYLOGENETIC TREES

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The evolution of chloroplast genome structure in ferns

(2010) Paul G. Wolf et al.   GENOME

The evolution of chloroplast genes and genomes in ferns

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Watching the clock: Studying variation in rates of molecular evolution between species

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Complete chloroplast genome sequence of a tree fern Alsophila spinulosa: insights into evolutionary changes in fern chloroplast genomes

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

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