Background Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication is now recognized as being present in
almost all lineages of higher plants, with multiple rounds of polyploidy occurring in most …

Many flowering plants exhibit dual reproductive modes, producing both sexual and asexual
offspring. The commonest form of asexual reproduction is clonal growth, in which vegetative …

Liverworts comprise one of six primary land plant lineages, with the predicted origin of extant
liverwort diversity dating to the Silurian. The ancestral liverwort has been inferred to have …

Baker's Law predicts uniparental reproduction will facilitate colonization success in novel
habitats. While evidence supports this prediction among colonizing plants and animals, few …

Introduction Half a century since the creation of the International Association of Bryologists,
we carried out a review to identify outstanding challenges and future perspectives in …

Liverworts are known for their large chemical diversity. Much of this diversity is synthesized
and enclosed within oil bodies (OBs), a synapomorphy of the lineage. OBs contain the …

Biological invasions represent grave threats to terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems,
but our understanding of the role of evolution during invasions remains rudimentary. In …

Aim Why some species exhibit larger geographical ranges than others remains a
fundamental, but largely unanswered, question in ecology and biogeography. In plants, a …

Mosses (division Bryophyta) are characterized by the dominance of haploid, poikilohydric
gametophytes, and relatively persistent sporophytes that are dependent on the gametophyte …

The relative frequency of sexual versus asexual reproduction governs the distribution of
genetic diversity within and among populations. Most studies on the consequences of …