Intrageneric phylogeny of Capsella (Brassicaceae) and the origin of the tetraploid C-bursa-pastoris based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences
Polyploidization, often accompanied by hybridization, has been of major importance in flowering plant evolution. Here we investigate the importance of these processes for the evolution of the tetraploid crucifer Capsella bursa-pastoris using DNA sequences from two chloroplast loci as well as from three nuclear low-copy genes. The near-absence of variation at the C. bursa-pastoris chloroplast marke