Accepted Manuscript Historical biogeography and phylogeny of Cucurbita: insights from ancestral area reconstruction and niche evolution Gabriela Castellanos-Morales, Leslie M. Paredes-Torres, Niza Gámez, Helena S. Hernández-Rosales, Guillermo Sánchez de la Vega, Josué Barrera-Redondo, Erika Aguirre-Planter, Alejandra Vázquez-Lobo, Salvador Montes-Hernández, Rafael Lira-Saade, Luis E. Eguiarte PII: S1055-7903(18)30200-8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.07.016 Reference: YMPEV 6242 To appear in: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Received Date: 2 April 2018 Revised Date: 14 July 2018 Accepted Date: 16 July 2018 Please cite this article as: Castellanos-Morales, G., Paredes-Torres, L.M., Gámez, N., Hernández-Rosales, H.S., Sánchez de la Vega, G., Barrera-Redondo, J., Aguirre-Planter, E., Vázquez-Lobo, A., Montes-Hernández, S., Lira- Saade, R., Eguiarte, L.E., Historical biogeography and phylogeny of Cucurbita: insights from ancestral area reconstruction and niche evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.ympev.2018.07.016 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.