Resolution of Brassicaceae Phylogeny Using Nuclear Genes Uncovers Nested Radiations and Supports Convergent Morphological Evolution Chien-Hsun Huang,1 Renran Sun,1 Yi Hu,2 Liping Zeng,1 Ning Zhang,3 Liming Cai,1 Qiang Zhang,4 Marcus A. Koch,5 Ihsan Al-Shehbaz,6 Patrick P. Edger,7 J. Chris Pires,8 Dun-Yan Tan,9 Yang Zhong,1 and Hong Ma*,1 1State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, Institute of Biodiversity Sciences, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2Department of Biology, The Huck Institute of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University 3Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 166, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 4Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, China 5Biodiversity and Plant Systematics, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany 6Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis 7Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing 8Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia 9Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology, College of Grassland and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ur€ umqi,€ China *Corresponding author: E-mail:
[email protected]. Associate editor: Hongzhi Kong Abstract Brassicaceae is one of the most diverse and economically valuable angiosperm families with widely cultivated vegetable crops and scientifically important model plants, such as Arabidopsis thaliana. The evolutionary history, ecological, morphological, and genetic diversity, and abundant resources and knowledge of Brassicaceae make it an excellent model family for evolutionary studies.