Untying Gordian knots: unraveling reticulate polyploid plant evolution by genomic data using the large Ranunculus auricomus species complex

K Karbstein, S Tomasello, L Hodač, N Wagner… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Speciation via hybridization and polyploidization is a major evolutionary force in plant
evolution but is still poorly understood for neopolyploid groups. Challenges are attributed to …

Geometric morphometric versus genomic patterns in a large polyploid plant species complex

L Hodač, K Karbstein, S Tomasello, J Wäldchen… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plant species complexes with hybridization and asexual reproduction
often exhibit complex morphological patterns, which is problematic for classifications. Here …

Next‐generation polyploid phylogenetics: Rapid resolution of hybrid polyploid complexes using PacBio single‐molecule sequencing

CJ Rothfels, KM Pryer, FW Li - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Difficulties in generating nuclear data for polyploids have impeded phylogenetic study of
these groups. We describe a high‐throughput protocol and an associated bioinformatics …

Subgenome-aware analyses suggest a reticulate allopolyploidization origin in three Papaver genomes

RG Zhang, C Lu, GY Li, J Lv, L Wang, ZX Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Hybridization and polyploidization are important driving forces in angiosperm evolution,
resulting in novel phenotypes capable of prompting ecological diversification and invasion …

'At the crossroads towards polyploidy': genomic divergence and extent of homoploid hybridization are drivers for the formation of the ox‐eye daisy polyploid complex …

F Wagner, T Ott, C Zimmer, V Reichhart, R Vogt… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Polyploidy plays a paramount role in phytodiversity, but the causes of this evolutionary
pathway require further study. Here, we use phylogenetic methods to examine possible …

Allopolyploid origins of the Galeopsis tetraploids – revisiting Müntzing's classical textbook example using molecular tools

M Bendiksby, A Tribsch, L Borgen, P Trávníček… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Whole‐genome duplication coupled with hybridization is of prime importance in plant
evolution. Here we reinvestigate Müntzing's classical example of allopolyploid speciation; …

Timing and Consequences of Recurrent Polyploidy in Meadow-Rues (Thalictrum, Ranunculaceae)

VL Soza, KL Haworth, VS Di Stilio - Molecular Biology and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The discovery of ancient whole-genome duplications in eukaryotic lineages has renewed
the interest in polyploidy and its effects on the diversification of organisms. Polyploidy has …

Progenitor-Derivative Relationships of Hordeum Polyploids (Poaceae, Triticeae) Inferred from Sequences of TOPO6, a Nuclear Low-Copy Gene Region

J Brassac, SS Jakob, FR Blattner - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Polyploidization is a major mechanism of speciation in plants. Within the barley genus
Hordeum, approximately half of the taxa are polyploids. While for diploid species a good …

Are polyploids really evolutionary dead-ends (again)? A critical reappraisal of Mayrose et al. (2011)

DE Soltis, MC Segovia-Salcedo, I Jordon-Thaden… - New Phytologist, 2014 - JSTOR
Background Throughout the past century, hybridization and polyploidization have variously
been viewed as drivers of biodiversity (eg Arnold, 1997) or evolutionary noise, unimportant …

Resolution of deep eudicot phylogeny and their temporal diversification using nuclear genes from transcriptomic and genomic datasets

L Zeng, N Zhang, Q Zhang, PK Endress… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Explosive diversification is widespread in eukaryotes, making it difficult to resolve
phylogenetic relationships. Eudicots contain c. 75% of extant flowering plants, are important …