Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations

J Cerca, DD Cotoras, VC Bieker, R De-Kayne… - Trends in ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
A recurring feature of oceanic archipelagos is the presence of adaptive radiations that
generate endemic, species-rich clades that can offer outstanding insight into the links …

Asteraceae as a model system for evolutionary studies: from fossils to genomes

L Palazzesi, J Pellicer, VD Barreda… - Botanical Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract With c. 24 700 species (10% of all flowering plants), Asteraceae are one of the
largest and most phenotypically diverse angiosperm families, with considerable economic …

The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin's giant daisies

J Cerca, B Petersen, JM Lazaro-Guevara… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The repeated, rapid and often pronounced patterns of evolutionary divergence observed in
insular plants, or the 'plant island syndrome', include changes in leaf phenotypes, growth, as …

Analysis of the chloroplast genome and phylogenetic evolution of Bidens pilosa

D Zhang, J Tu, X Ding, W Guan, L Gong, X Qiu… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Chloroplast genomes for 3 Bidens plants endemic to China (Bidens bipinnata Linn., Bidens
pilosa Linn., and Bidens alba var. radiata) have been sequenced, assembled and annotated …

A chromosome-scale genome and proteome draft of Tremella fuciformis

Y Li, G Zhan, M Tu, Y Wang, J Cao, S Sun - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we first reported a high-quality chromosome-scale genome of Tremella
fuciformis using Pacbio HiFi sequencing combining Hi-C technology. According to 21.6 Gb …

Compositae‐ParaLoss‐1272: A complementary sunflower‐specific probe set reduces paralogs in phylogenomic analyses of complex systems

ER Moore‐Pollard, DS Jones… - Applications in Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Premise A family‐specific probe set for sunflowers, Compositae‐1061, enables family‐wide
phylogenomic studies and investigations at lower taxonomic levels, but may lack resolution …

Human impacts on the vegetation of the Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe) Archipelago

TF Stuessy, DJ Crawford, J Greimler - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human footprint on marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the planet has been
substantial, largely due to the increase in the human population with associated activities …

A comparison of freezer‐stored DNA and herbarium tissue samples for chloroplast assembly and genome skimming

EV McAssey, C Downs, M Yorkston… - Applications in Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Premise The use of DNA from herbarium specimens is an increasingly important source for
evolutionary studies in plant biology, particularly in cases where species are rare or difficult …

The genomes of Dahlia pinnata, Cosmos bipinnatus, and Bidens alba in tribe Coreopsideae provide insights into polyploid evolution and inulin biosynthesis

H Wang, D Xu, F Jiang, S Wang, A Wang, H Liu… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Coreopsideae tribe, a subset of the Asteraceae family,
encompasses economically vital genera like Dahlia, Cosmos, and Bidens, which are widely …

From comparative gene content and gene order to ancestral contigs, chromosomes and karyotypes

Q Xu, L Jin, C Zheng, X Zhang, J Leebens-Mack… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
To reconstruct the ancestral genome of a set of phylogenetically related descendant
species, we use the raccroche pipeline for organizing a large number of generalized gene …