The holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is the dominant tree species of the Mediterranean forest and
the Spanish agrosilvopastoral ecosystem,“dehesa.” It has been, since the prehistoric period …

Adaptive divergence is widely accepted as a contributor to speciation and the maintenance
of species integrity. However, the mechanisms leading to reproductive isolation, the genes …

Eucalypts are a large and ecologically important group of plants on the Australian continent,
and understanding their evolution is important in understanding evolution of the unique …

Standard models of plant speciation assume strictly dichotomous genealogies in which a
species, the ancestor, is replaced by two offspring species. The reality in wind‐pollinated …

The Sahiwal cattle breed is the best indigenous dairy cattle breed, and it plays a pivotal role
in the Indian dairy industry. This is due to its exceptional milk-producing potential …

Abstract Knowledge on the genetic composition of Quercus petraea in south-eastern Europe
is limited despite the species' significant role in the re-colonisation of Europe during the …

Quercus suber L. is a sclerophyllous tree species native to the western Mediterranean, a
region that is considered highly vulnerable to increased temperatures and severe dry …

Chloroplast genome diversity in cork oak (Quercus suber) is characterised by the
occurrence of haplotypes that are akin to those found in other Mediterranean oak species …

(1) Background: Oaks have achieved notoriety for sufficient levels of sympatric species
richness allowing hybridization, thus generating substantial phenotypic variation. Leaf …

Measuring biological diversity is a crucial but difficult undertaking, as exemplified in oaks
where complex patterns of morphological, ecological, biogeographical and genetic …