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The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. / Sauquet, Hervé; von Balthazar, Maria; Magallón, Susana et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, 01.08.2017, p. 1-10.

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Sauquet, H, von Balthazar, M, Magallón, S, Doyle, JA, Endress, PK, Bailes, E, Barroso de Morais, E, Bull-Hereñu, K, Carrive, L, Chartier, M, Chomicki, G, Coiro, M, Cornette, R, El Ottra, JHL, Epicoco, C, Foster, CSP, Jabbour, F, Haevermans, A, Haevermans, T, Hernández, R, Little, SA, Löfstrand, S, Luna, JA, Massoni, J, Nadot, S, Pamperl, S, Prieu, C, Reyes, E, dos Santos, P, Schoonderwoerd, KM, Sontag, S, Soulebeau, A, Staedler, Y, Tschan, GF, Wing-Sze Leung, A & Schönenberger, J 2017, 'The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification', Nature Communications, vol. 8, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047

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Sauquet, H., von Balthazar, M., Magallón, S., Doyle, J. A., Endress, P. K., Bailes, E., Barroso de Morais, E., Bull-Hereñu, K., Carrive, L., Chartier, M., Chomicki, G., Coiro, M., Cornette, R., El Ottra, J. HL., Epicoco, C., Foster, C. SP., Jabbour, F., Haevermans, A., Haevermans, T., ... Schönenberger, J. (2017). The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications, 8, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047

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Sauquet H, von Balthazar M, Magallón S, Doyle JA, Endress PK, Bailes E, Barroso de Morais E, Bull-Hereñu K, Carrive L, Chartier M, et al. 2017. The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications. 8:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047

MLA

Sauquet, Hervé et al. "The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification". Nature Communications. 2017, 8. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047

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Sauquet H, von Balthazar M, Magallón S, Doyle JA, Endress PK, Bailes E et al. The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications. 2017 Aug 1;8:1-10. doi: 10.1038/ncomms16047

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Sauquet, Hervé ; von Balthazar, Maria ; Magallón, Susana et al. / The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. In: Nature Communications. 2017 ; Vol. 8. pp. 1-10.

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T1 - The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification

AU - Sauquet, Hervé

AU - von Balthazar, Maria

AU - Magallón, Susana

AU - Doyle, James A

AU - Endress, Peter K

AU - Bailes, Emily

AU - Barroso de Morais, Erica

AU - Bull-Hereñu, Kester

AU - Carrive, Laetitia

AU - Chartier, Marion

AU - Chomicki, Guillaume

AU - Coiro, Mario

AU - Cornette, Raphaël

AU - El Ottra, Juliana HL

AU - Epicoco, Cyril

AU - Foster, Charles SP

AU - Jabbour, Florian

AU - Haevermans, Agathe

AU - Haevermans, Thomas

AU - Hernández, Rebeca

AU - Little, Stefan A

AU - Löfstrand, Stefan

AU - Luna, Javier A

AU - Massoni, Julien

AU - Nadot, Sophie

AU - Pamperl, Susanne

AU - Prieu, Charlotte

AU - Reyes, Elisabeth

AU - dos Santos, Patrícia

AU - Schoonderwoerd, Kristel M

AU - Sontag, Susanne

AU - Soulebeau, Anaëlle

AU - Staedler, Yannick

AU - Tschan, Georg F

AU - Wing-Sze Leung, Amy

AU - Schönenberger, Jürg

PY - 2017/8/1

Y1 - 2017/8/1

N2 - Recent advances in molecular phylogenetics and a series of important palaeobotanical discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of angiosperm diversification. Yet, the origin and early evolution of their most characteristic feature, the flower, remains poorly understood. In particular, the structure of the ancestral flower of all living angiosperms is still uncertain. Here we report model-based reconstructions for ancestral flowers at the deepest nodes in the phylogeny of angiosperms, using the largest data set of floral traits ever assembled. We reconstruct the ancestral angiosperm flower as bisexual and radially symmetric, with more than two whorls of three separate perianth organs each (undifferentiated tepals), more than two whorls of three separate stamens each, and more than five spirally arranged separate carpels. Although uncertainty remains for some of the characters, our reconstruction allows us to propose a new plausible scenario for the early diversification of flowers, leading to new testable hypotheses for future research on angiosperms.

AB - Recent advances in molecular phylogenetics and a series of important palaeobotanical discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of angiosperm diversification. Yet, the origin and early evolution of their most characteristic feature, the flower, remains poorly understood. In particular, the structure of the ancestral flower of all living angiosperms is still uncertain. Here we report model-based reconstructions for ancestral flowers at the deepest nodes in the phylogeny of angiosperms, using the largest data set of floral traits ever assembled. We reconstruct the ancestral angiosperm flower as bisexual and radially symmetric, with more than two whorls of three separate perianth organs each (undifferentiated tepals), more than two whorls of three separate stamens each, and more than five spirally arranged separate carpels. Although uncertainty remains for some of the characters, our reconstruction allows us to propose a new plausible scenario for the early diversification of flowers, leading to new testable hypotheses for future research on angiosperms.

U2 - 10.1038/ncomms16047

DO - 10.1038/ncomms16047

M3 - Article

VL - 8

SP - 1

EP - 10

JO - Nature Communications

JF - Nature Communications

SN - 2041-1723

ER -