[Paper] origin of first mistletoes

Title:
The first mistletoes: Origins of aerial parasitism in Santalales
R. Vidal-Russel and D. L. Nickrent
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2008) 47:523-537. (journal weblink here; pdf in Atropos)

Note:
The authors confirmed the five origins of aerial parasitism in Santalales using nr SSU, LSU, ch rbcL, matK, trnL-F from 39 taxa. The ages of those clades were estimated. The authors also proposed how the root parasites 'move up' to the trunk during the Oligocene. Interesting paper.