Evolution of Philodendron (Araceae) species in Neotropical biomes

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Taxon and gene sampling

DNA isolation, amplification and sequencing

Alignment and phylogenetic analysis

Divergence time inference

Biome shifts

Results

Discussion

Phylogenetic relationship between Philodendron and Homalomena

Diversification of Philodendron and Homalomena

Early diversification of Philodendron species

Philodendron diversification along Neotropical biomes

Final considerations on Philodendron evolution

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

Supplementary tables and figures

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1744/supp-1

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Leticia Loss-Oliveira conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Cassia Sakuragui conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Maria De Lourdes Soares conceived and designed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Carlos G. Schrago conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

DNA Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding the deposition of DNA sequences:

GenBank accession numbers are listed in Tables S1 and S2.

Funding

CGS was funded by the Brazilian Research Council-CNPq grant 307982/2012-2 and the Rio de Janeiro State Science Foundation-FAPERJ grants 110.028/2011 and 111.831/2011. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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