Phylogenomics and the flowering plant tree of life

C Guo, Y Luo, LM Gao, TS Yi, HT Li… - Journal of Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The advances accelerated by next‐generation sequencing and long‐read sequencing
technologies continue to provide an impetus for plant phylogenetic study. In the past …

Deep reticulation: the long legacy of hybridization in vascular plant evolution

GW Stull, KK Pham, PS Soltis, DE Soltis - The Plant Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms

AR Zuntini, T Carruthers, O Maurin, PC Bailey… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Angiosperms are the cornerstone of most terrestrial ecosystems and human livelihoods,. A
robust understanding of angiosperm evolution is required to explain their rise to ecological …

Chemistry and bioactivity of lindenane sesquiterpenoids and their oligomers

J Luo, D Zhang, P Tang, N Wang, S Zhao… - Natural Product …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1925 to July 2023 Among the sesquiterpenoids with rich structural diversity and
potential bioactivities, lindenane sesquiterpenoids (LSs) possess a characteristic cis, trans …

The origin and early evolution of plants

AMC Bowles, CJ Williamson, TA Williams… - Trends in Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Plant (archaeplastid) evolution has transformed the biosphere, but we are only now
beginning to learn how this took place through comparative genomics, phylogenetics, and …

Phylotranscriptomics unveil a Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic origin and deep relationships of the Viridiplantae

Z Yang, X Ma, Q Wang, X Tian, J Sun, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The Viridiplantae comprise two main clades, the Chlorophyta (including a diverse array of
marine and freshwater green algae) and the Streptophyta (consisting of the freshwater …

A plastid phylogenomic framework for the palm family (Arecaceae)

G Yao, YQ Zhang, C Barrett, B Xue, S Bellot, WJ Baker… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Over the past decade, phylogenomics has greatly advanced our knowledge of
angiosperm evolution. However, phylogenomic studies of large angiosperm families with …

Scaphopoda is the sister taxon to Bivalvia: Evidence of ancient incomplete lineage sorting

H Song, Y Wang, H Shao, Z Li, P Hu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The almost simultaneous emergence of major animal phyla during the early Cambrian
shaped modern animal biodiversity. Reconstructing evolutionary relationships among such …

The chromosome-scale genome of Phoebe bournei reveals contrasting fates of terpene synthase (TPS)-a and TPS-b subfamilies

X Han, J Zhang, S Han, SL Chong, G Meng… - Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Terpenoids, including aromatic volatile monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids, function in
defense against pathogens and herbivores. Phoebe trees are remarkable for their scented …

Comparing genomes of Fructus Amomi-producing species reveals genetic basis of volatile terpenoid divergence

P Yang, XY Ling, XF Zhou, YX Chen, TT Wang… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Wurfbainia longiligularis and Wurfbainia villosa are both rich in volatile terpenoids and are 2
primary plant sources of Fructus Amomi used for curing gastrointestinal diseases …