The role of Pleistocene climate changes in promoting evolutionary diversification in global
biota is well documented, but the great majority of data regarding this subject come from …

Abstract Premise Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) is an important dry forest element in all
subregions and transitional zones of the neotropics, with the highest diversity in eastern …

The genomics revolution continues to change how ecologists and evolutionary biologists
study the evolution and maintenance of biodiversity. It is now easier than ever to generate …

Abstract Cereus (Cactaceae; Cereeae) comprises c. 30 predominantly South American
species distributed among the subgenera Oblongicarpi, Ebneria, Mirabella and Cereus. To …

The patterns of relationships between species of Opuntia from southern South America are
scarcely known in spite of the importance of this region as a diversification center for the …

In order to investigate biogeographic influences on xeric biota in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
(BAF), a biodiversity hotspot, we used a monophyletic group including three cactus taxa as a …

Population genetic studies of plant species can contribute to understanding the evolutionary
history of the Brazilian Cerrado, a highly threatened hotspot and the richest tropical savanna …

Pilosocereus is a large genus of Cactaceae with 42 species of columnar cacti distributed in
the Americas. In this work we investigate the phylogenetics and evolutionary history of …

The aim of this paper was to investigate the phylogenetic relationships within Pilosocereus
(Cactaceae, Cactoideae), one of the most emblematic genera of cacti of the Neotropical dry …

In comparative phylogenetic and population genetic studies, one of the most crucial steps is
to select appropriate DNA markers, a decision based primarily on the estimated variation in …