Sex chromosome turnover plays an important role in the maintenance of barriers to post-speciation introgression in willows

ZQ Xue, WL Applequist, E Hörandl, L He - Evolution Letters, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Almost all species in the genus Salix (willow) are dioecious and willows have variable sex-
determining systems, the role of this variation in maintaining species barriers is relatively …

Gap‐free X and Y chromosome assemblies of Salix arbutifolia reveal an evolutionary change from male to female heterogamety in willows, without a change in the …

Y Wang, GN Gong, Y Wang, RG Zhang… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the Vetrix clade of Salix, a genus of woody flowering plants, sex determination involves
chromosome 15, but an XY system has changed to a ZW system. We studied the detailed …

Genomic insights into hybrid zone formation: The role of climate, landscape, and demography in the emergence of a novel hybrid lineage

CE Bolte, T Phannareth, M Zavala‐Paez… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Population demographic changes, alongside landscape, geographic and climate
heterogeneity, can influence the timing, stability and extent of introgression where species …

Challenge accepted: Evolutionary lineages versus taxonomic classification of North American shrub willows (Salix)

P Marinček, É Léveillé‐Bourret… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Premise The huge diversity of Salix subgenus Chamaetia/Vetrix clade in North America and
the lack of phylogenetic resolution within this clade has presented a difficult but fascinating …