Origins of plant diversity in the California Floristic Province

BG Baldwin - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Recent biogeographic and evolutionary studies have led to improved understanding of the
origins of exceptionally high plant diversity in the California Floristic Province (CA-FP) …

[HTML][HTML] The repetitive component of the sunflower genome

T Giordani, A Cavallini, L Natali - Current Plant Biology, 2014 - Elsevier
The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and species belonging to the genus Helianthus are
emerging as a model species and genus for a number of studies on genome evolution. In …

Genetics and mapping of a novel downy mildew resistance gene, Pl 18 , introgressed from wild Helianthus argophyllus into cultivated sunflower …

LL Qi, ME Foley, XW Cai, TJ Gulya - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2016 - Springer
Key message A novel downy mildew resistance gene, Pl 18, was introgressed from wild
Helianthus argophyllus into cultivated sunflower and genetically mapped to linkage group 2 …

Population transcriptomics uncover the relative roles of positive selection and differential expression in Batrachium bungei adaptation to the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau

X Yu, P Wei, S Zhao, Z Chen, X Li, W Zhang, C Liu… - Plant Cell Reports, 2023 - Springer
Key message Positive selection genes are related to metabolism, while differentially
expressed genes are related to photosynthesis, suggesting that genetic adaptation and …

Comparative genomics reveals divergent thermal selection in warm‐and cold‐tolerant marine mussels

I Popovic, C Riginos - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Investigating the history of natural selection among closely related species can elucidate
how genomes diverge in response to disparate environmental pressures. Molecular …

Differences in effective ploidy drive genome-wide endosperm expression polarization and seed failure in wild tomato hybrids

M Roth, AM Florez-Rueda, T Städler - Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Parental imbalances in the endosperm leading to impaired development and eventual
hybrid seed failure are common causes of postzygotic isolation in flowering plants …

Expression divergence is correlated with sequence evolution but not positive selection in conifers

KA Hodgins, S Yeaman, KA Nurkowski… - Molecular Biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The evolutionary and genomic determinants of sequence evolution in conifers are poorly
understood, and previous studies have found only limited evidence for positive selection …

Evolutionary Analyses of Gene Expression Divergence in Panicum hallii: Exploring Constitutive and Plastic Responses Using Reciprocal Transplants

GB Bhaskara, T Haque, JE Bonnette… - Molecular biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of gene expression is thought to be an important mechanism of local
adaptation and ecological speciation. Gene expression divergence occurs through the …

Characterization and mapping of a downy mildew resistance gene, Pl36, in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

LL Qi, XW Cai - Molecular Breeding, 2022 - Springer
Downy mildew (DM) is one of the most serious diseases in sunflower-growing regions
worldwide, often significantly reducing sunflower yields. The causal agent of sunflower DM …

First steps in studying the origins of secondary woodiness in Begonia (Begoniaceae): combining anatomy, phylogenetics, and stem transcriptomics

C Kidner, A Groover, DC Thomas… - Biological Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Since Darwin's observation that secondary woodiness is common on islands, the evolution
of woody plants from herbaceous ancestors has been documented in numerous angiosperm …