Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

The~ 400 million specimens deposited across~ 3000 herbaria are essential for:(i)
understanding where plants have lived in the past,(ii) forecasting where they may live in the …

Understanding the complexity of genomic structures and their unique architecture is linked
with the power of visualization tools used to represent these features. Such tools should be …

Family Cortinariaceae currently includes only one genus, Cortinarius, which is the largest
Agaricales genus, with thousands of species worldwide. The species are important …

Herbaria are undergoing a renaissance as valuable sources of genomic data for exploring
plant evolution, ecology, and diversity. Ancient DNA retrieved from herbarium specimens …

The use of herbaria for science and conservation is enabling greatly enhanced scopes and
scales of discovery, exploration and protection of biodiversity. The availability of digital, open …

The unveiling of the angiosperm (flowering plant) tree of life over the past three decades has
been one of the great success stories of modern plant biology. Flowering plants underpin …

As genetic and archaeological evidence has developed over the past few years, it has
become apparent that our most basic assumptions about how crops became incorporated …

Humans have been modifying ecosystems since before the Holocene began ca. 12,000
years ago, even in Neotropical regions. The Amazon was once thought to be 'pristine'and …

Whole genome characterizations of crop plants based on ancient DNA have provided
unique keys for a better understanding of the evolutionary origins of modern cultivars, the …