Many species of fungi and oomycetes are plant pathogens of great economic importance.
Over the past 7 years, the genomes of more than 30 of these filamentous plant pathogens …

The transition from outcrossing to self-fertilization is one of the most common evolutionary
changes in plants, yet only about 10–15% of flowering plants are predominantly selfing. To …

Premise of the Study Large phylogenies can help shed light on macroevolutionary patterns
that inform our understanding of fundamental processes that shape the tree of life. These …

The distribution of diversity can vary considerably from clade to clade. Attempts to
understand these patterns often employ state-dependent speciation and extinction models …

Species richness varies widely across the tree of life, and there is great interest in identifying
ecological, geographic, and other factors that affect rates of species proliferation. Recent …

Abstract Background The Solanaceae is a plant family of great economic importance.
Despite a wealth of phylogenetic work on individual clades and a deep knowledge of …

Sexual reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life. It is defined by the occurrence of meiosis
and the fusion of two gametes of different sexes or mating types. Sex-determination …

The increase in species richness from the poles to the tropics, referred to as the latitudinal
diversity gradient, is one of the most ubiquitous biodiversity patterns in the natural world …

The mechanisms by which flowering plants choose their mating partners have interested
researchers for a long time. Recent findings on the molecular mechanisms of non-self …

Geographic characters—traits describing the spatial distribution of a species—may both
affect and be affected by processes associated with lineage birth and death. This is …