Nuclear phylogenomics of angiosperms and insights into their relationships and evolution

G Zhang, H Ma - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Angiosperms (flowering plants) are by far the most diverse land plant group with over
300,000 species. The sudden appearance of diverse angiosperms in the fossil record was …

An integrative framework reveals widespread gene flow during the early radiation of oaks and relatives in Quercoideae (Fagaceae)

SY Liu, YY Yang, Q Tian, ZY Yang, SF Li… - Journal of Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Although the frequency of ancient hybridization across the Tree of Life is greater than
previously thought, little work has been devoted to uncovering the extent, timeline, and …

Spatial phylogenetics of Fagales: Investigating drivers of temperate forest distributions

RA Folk, CM Siniscalchi, J Doby… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Quantifying the phylogenetic diversity of temperate trees is essential for understanding
the processes that have shaped the modern distribution of temperate broadleaf forest and …

Spatial phylogenetics of Fagales: Investigating the history of temperate forests

RA Folk, CM Siniscalchi, J Doby, HR Kates… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Aim Quantifying the phylogenetic diversity of temperate trees is essential for understanding
what processes are implicated in shaping the modern distribution of temperate broadleaf …

Arctic Walnuts! Nuts of Juglans (Juglandaceae) from the Middle Eocene of Axel Heiberg Island, Northern Canada

SR Manchester, R Wilson, Y Liu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
Three new fossil species of walnuts, Juglans eoarctica sp. nov., J. nathorstii sp. nov., and J.
cordata sp. nov., are described on the basis of nuts recovered from the middle Eocene fossil …

Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life

AL Hipp - Oak Origins, 2024 - degruyter.com
An oak begins its life with the precarious journey of a pollen grain, then an acorn, then a
seedling. A mature tree may shed millions of acorns, but only a handful will grow. One oak …

Genome duplications, genomic conflict, and rapid phenotypic evolution characterize the Cretaceous radiation of Fagales

YY Yang, GW Stull, XJ Qu, L Zhao, Y Hu, ZH Wang… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Flowering plant lineages display remarkable diversity in life history and morphological form.
However our understanding of how this phenotypic diversity or disparity, arises and what, if …