Is metabolic rate a universal 'pacemaker'for biological processes?

DS Glazier - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A common, long‐held belief is that metabolic rate drives the rates of various
biological, ecological and evolutionary processes. Although this metabolic pacemaker view …

Being John Harper: Using evolutionary ideas to improve understanding of global patterns in plant traits

AT Moles - Journal of Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes current understanding of five key plant traits: seed mass, plant
height, wood density, leaf mass per unit area and leaf size, emphasizing ways in which our …

The rise of angiosperms pushed conifers to decline during global cooling

FL Condamine, D Silvestro… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Competition among species and entire clades can impact species diversification and
extinction, which can shape macroevolutionary patterns. The fossil record shows successive …

Impact of whole‐genome duplication events on diversification rates in angiosperms

JB Landis, DE Soltis, Z Li, HE Marx… - American journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the Study Polyploidy or whole‐genome duplication (WGD) pervades the
evolutionary history of angiosperms. Despite extensive progress in our understanding of …

Analysis of 41 plant genomes supports a wave of successful genome duplications in association with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

K Vanneste, G Baele, S Maere… - Genome research, 2014 - genome.cshlp.org
Ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs), also referred to as paleopolyploidizations,
have been reported in most evolutionary lineages. Their attributed role remains a major …

Genome structure-based Juglandaceae phylogenies contradict alignment-based phylogenies and substitution rates vary with DNA repair genes

YM Ding, XX Pang, Y Cao, WP Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In lineages of allopolyploid origin, sets of homoeologous chromosomes may coexist that
differ in gene content and syntenic structure. Presence or absence of genes and …

Contrasting rates of molecular evolution and patterns of selection among gymnosperms and flowering plants

AR De La Torre, Z Li, Y Van de Peer… - … biology and evolution, 2017 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Plastid genomes reveal support for deep phylogenetic relationships and extensive rate variation among palms and other commelinid monocots

CF Barrett, WJ Baker, JR Comer, JG Conran… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite progress based on multilocus, phylogenetic studies of the palms (order Arecales,
family Arecaceae), uncertainty remains in resolution/support among major clades and for the …

Phylogenomic approaches untangle early divergences and complex diversifications of the olive plant family

W Dong, E Li, Y Liu, C Xu, Y Wang, K Liu, X Cui, J Sun… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Deep-branching phylogenetic relationships are often difficult to resolve
because phylogenetic signals are obscured by the long history and complexity of …

The origin of the legumes is a complex paleopolyploid phylogenomic tangle closely associated with the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) mass extinction event

EJM Koenen, DI Ojeda, FT Bakker… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The consequences of the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary (KPB) mass extinction
for the evolution of plant diversity remain poorly understood, even though evolutionary …