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Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography and an e-Monograph of the Papaya Family (Caricaceae) as an Example of Taxonomy in the Electronic Age

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Authors:
  1. Fernanda Antunes Carvalho

    1. Department für Biologie Systematische Botanik und Mykologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. I. General Introduction

    • Fernanda Antunes Carvalho
    Pages 1-12

  3. II. Taxonomy in the Electronic Age: An e-Monograph of the Papaya Family (Caricaceae) as an Example §

    • Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Denis Filer, Susanne S. Renner
    Pages 13-31

  4. III. Correct Names for some of the Closest Relatives of Carica papaya L.: A Review of the Mexican/Guatemalan Genera Jarilla and Horovitzia §

    • Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Susanne S. Renner
    Pages 33-47

  5. IV. A Dated Phylogeny of the Papaya Family (Caricaceae) Reveals the Crop’s Closest Relatives and the Family’s Biogeographic History §

    • Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Susanne S. Renner
    Pages 49-81

  6. V. Chromosome Counts for the Caricaceae Reveal Unexpected Dysploidy

    • Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Alexander Rockinger, Aretuza Sousa, Susanne S. Renner
    Pages 83-92

  7. VI. General Discussion

    • Fernanda Antunes Carvalho
    Pages 93-105

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 107-147
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About this book

Fernanda Antunes Carvalho addresses an issue of key importance to the field of systematics, namely how to foster taxonomic work and the dissemination of scientific knowledge about species by taking full advantage of electronic data and bioinformatics tools. The first part focuses on the development of an electronic monograph of the papaya family (Caricaceae) using existing infrastructures of Information Technology (IT) and bioinformatic tools that together set the stage for a new era of systematics. Based on the plastid and nuclear DNA data, the author inferred historical processes in the second part that may have shaped the evolution of the Caricaceae and explain their current geographic distribution. The last part is dedicated to the evolution of chromosome numbers in the Caricaceae and includes counts for species from three genera (Cylicomorpha, Horovitzia, Jarilla) that have never been investigated before.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department für Biologie Systematische Botanik und Mykologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

    Fernanda Antunes Carvalho

About the author

Dr. Fernanda Antunes Carvalho completed her Ph.D. in Botany at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. She is now a post-doc at the University of Gothenburg.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography and an e-Monograph of the Papaya Family (Caricaceae) as an Example of Taxonomy in the Electronic Age

  • Authors: Fernanda Antunes Carvalho

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10267-8

  • Publisher: Springer Spektrum Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-10266-1Published: 12 June 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-10267-8Published: 05 June 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 147

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Agriculture

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