Late Cretaceous origins for major nightshade lineages from total-evidence timetree analysis
Our study provides an example of how a sophisticated model used on a carefully assembled dataset can shed light on the timing of the evolution of a group, while accounting for phylogenetic uncertainty. The timetree we present here provides a temporal framework for further research, from comparative genomics and patterns of diversification to trait evolution and biogeography.
Authors
- Ixchel González-Ramírez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3667-5360)
- Stacey D. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-4459)
- Rocío Deanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8753-7596)
Institutions
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Missouri Botanical Garden (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag011
- Primary Topic
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00