Normally, when we want to do fine-scale analysis, we restrict ourselves to data of a single species. But when the plastomes are not sorted species-wise (as is Mediterranean species of Quercus sections Cerris, and Ilex), we cannot ignore the sibling species. An analysis of the most-divergent, best-sampled plastid marker in East Asian Cerris oaks.

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A bit of a background story: why we studied the ITS data in a host-associate framework and why it's can be good idea to delegate work you can do to new researchers.

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