Oaks: an evolutionary success story

A Kremer, AL Hipp - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

Quercus Conservation Genetics and Genomics: Past, Present, and Future

JR Backs, MV Ashley - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Quercus species (oaks) have been an integral part of the landscape in the northern
hemisphere for millions of years. Their ability to adapt and spread across different …

Dissecting the continuum and unravelling the phylogeographic knot of plastid DNA in European white oaks (Quercus sect. Quercus): ancient signatures and multiple …

P Fortini, R Di Pietro, E Proietti, S Cardoni… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Available knowledge on the European white oaks (Quercus, sect. Quercus) plastome still
exhibits large gaps, mostly in respect of detailed phylogeny and information from southern …

Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence and Phylogenetic Analysis of Quercus bawanglingensis Huang, Li et Xing, a Vulnerable Oak Tree in China

X Liu, EM Chang, JF Liu, YN Huang, Y Wang, N Yao… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Quercus bawanglingensis Huang, Li et Xing, an endemic evergreen oak of the genus
Quercus (Fagaceae) in China, is currently listed in the Red List of Chinese Plants as a …

5S‐IGS rDNA in wind‐pollinated trees (Fagus L.) encapsulates 55 million years of reticulate evolution and hybrid origins of modern species

S Cardoni, R Piredda, T Denk, GW Grimm… - The Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Landscape Features and Climatic Forces Shape the Genetic Structure and Evolutionary History of an Oak Species (Quercus chenii) in East China

Y Li, X Zhang, Y Fang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Major topographic features facilitate intraspecific divergence through geographic isolation.
This process may be enhanced by environmental isolation along climatic gradients, but also …

Niche evolution in a northern temperate tree lineage: biogeographical legacies in cork oaks (Quercus section Cerris)

T Denk, GW Grimm, AL Hipp, JM Bouchal… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Cork oaks (Quercus section Cerris) comprise 15 extant
species in Eurasia. Despite being a small clade, they display a range of leaf morphologies …

ddRAD Sequencing-Based Identification of Genomic Boundaries and Permeability in Quercus ilex and Q. suber Hybrids

U Lopez de Heredia, F Mora-Márquez… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Hybridization and its relevance is a hot topic in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Interspecific gene flow may play a key role in species adaptation to environmental change …

5S Ribosomal DNA of Genus Solanum: Molecular Organization, Evolution, and Taxonomy

YO Tynkevich, AY Shelyfist, LV Kozub… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Solanum genus, being one of the largest among high plants, is distributed worldwide
and comprises about 1,200 species. The genus includes numerous agronomically important …

The complete chloroplast genomes of three Hamamelidaceae species: Comparative and phylogenetic analyses

NJ Wang, SF Chen, L Xie, L Wang… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hamamelidaceae is an important group that represents the origin and early evolution of
angiosperms. Its plants have many uses, such as timber, medical, spice, and ornamental …