Resolving Rapid Radiations within Angiosperm Families Using Anchored Phylogenomics

Despite the promise that molecular data would provide a seemingly unlimited source of independent characters, many plant phylogenetic studies are still based on only two regions, the plastid genome and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA). Their popularity can be explained by high-copy numbers and universal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers that make their sequences easily amplified and converted into parallel datasets. Unfortunately, their...