Pinus is a diverse genus of trees widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Understanding pine life history is critical to both conservation and fire management. Here I …

Living gymnosperms comprise only a little more than 1000 species, but represent four of the
five main lineages of seed plants, including cycads, ginkgos, gnetophytes and conifers. This …

Background The size and complexity of conifer genomes has, until now, prevented full
genome sequencing and assembly. The large research community and economic …

Aim (1) To synthesize data on the physical and phylogeographical history of the Mexican
highlands, with a focus on the Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), and (2) to propose …

Background Molecular evolutionary studies share the common goal of elucidating historical
relationships, and the common challenge of adequately sampling taxa and characters …

The majority of variation in rates of molecular evolution among seed plants remains both
unexplored and unexplained. Although some attention has been given to flowering plants …

Until very recently, complete characterization of the megagenomes of conifers has remained
elusive. The diploid genome of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.) has a highly …

Organellar DNA sequences are widely used in evolutionary and population genetic studies,
however, the conservative nature of chloroplast gene and genome evolution often limits …

The largest genus in the conifer family Pinaceae is Pinus, with over 100 species. The size
and complexity of their genomes (∼ 20–40 Gb, 2 n= 24) have delayed the arrival of a well …

The mapping of functional traits onto chronograms is an emerging approach for the
identification of how agents of natural selection have shaped the evolution of organisms …