Extensive genome-wide phylogenetic discordance is due to incomplete lineage sorting and not ongoing introgression in a rapidly radiated bryophyte genus

O Meleshko, MD Martin, TS Korneliussen… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The relative importance of introgression for diversification has long been a highly disputed
topic in speciation research and remains an open question despite the great attention it has …

Opportunities and challenges presented by cryptic bryophyte species.

MAM Renner - Telopea, 2020 - openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au
Cryptic bryophyte species exhibit a decoupling in the degree of morphological and
molecular divergence, as a result of different processes, from recent divergence to stasis …

Organellar phylogenomics of an emerging model system: Sphagnum (peatmoss)

A Jonathan Shaw, N Devos, Y Liu, CJ Cox… - Annals of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Sphagnum-dominated peatlands contain approx. 30% of the
terrestrial carbon pool in the form of partially decomposed plant material (peat), and, as a …

Genome size and endopolyploidy evolution across the moss phylogeny

JD Bainard, SG Newmaster, JM Budke - Annals of Botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Compared with other plant lineages, bryophytes have very
small genomes with little variation across species, and high levels of endopolyploid nuclei …

Evidence for interspecific hybridization in bryophytes during pre-molecular and molecular eras

W Sawangproh, N Cronberg - Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution, 2021 - mapress.com
Interspecific hybridization had been long recognized as a widespread evolutionary process
in vascular plants. In the present review, we summarize knowledge concerning studies of …

Phylogenetic structure in the Sphagnum recurvum complex (Bryophyta) in relation to taxonomy and geography

AM Duffy, B Aguero, HK Stenøien… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Premise The Sphagnum recurvum complex comprises a group of closely related peat
mosses that are dominant components of many northern wetland ecosystems. Taxonomic …

The dark morph of Sphagnum fuscum (Schimp.) H.Klinggr. in Europe is conspecific with the North American S. beothuk

MO Kyrkjeeide, K Hassel, HK Stenøien… - Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Peat mosses (Sphagnum) are known to be difficult to identify, especially in the field, because
of extensive morphological variation that can blur distinctions among closely related …

Is interspecific gene flow and speciation in peatmosses (Sphagnum) constrained by phylogenetic relationship and life-history traits?

O Meleshko, HK Stenøien, JDM Speed, KI Flatberg… - Lindbergia, 2018 - BioOne
Peatmosses are interesting for studies of speciation processes not only because of their
frequent hybridization and recent diversification, but also their phenotypic diversity …

Local adaptations in bryophytes revisited: the genetic structure of the calcium‐tolerant peatmoss Sphagnum warnstorfii along geographic and pH gradients

E Mikulášková, M Hájek, A Veleba… - Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bryophytes dominate some ecosystems despite their extraordinary sensitivity to habitat
quality. Nevertheless, some species behave differently across various regions. The …

Genetic and morphological variation in the circumpolar distribution range of Sphagnum warnstorfii: indications of vicariant divergence in a common peatmoss

N Yousefi, E Mikulášková, HK Stenøien… - Botanical Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The Quaternary climatic oscillations caused pronounced changes in the distribution of the
genetic variation among populations as well as phenotypic diversification worldwide …