Studies of plants have been instrumental for revealing how new species originate. For
several decades, botanical research has complemented and, in some cases, challenged …

An unintended consequence of global change is an increase in opportunities for
hybridization among previously isolated lineages. Here we illustrate how global change can …

Summary The Great Himalayan Mountains and their foothills are believed to be the place of
origin and development of many plant species. The genetic basis of adaptation to high …

Environmental gradients are very common and many plant species respond to them through
adaptive genetic change. This can be a first step along a continuum of change that leads …

Mountain ranges are amongst the most species‐rich habitats, with many large and rapid
evolutionary radiations. The tempo and mode of diversification in these systems are key …

Domestication of clonally propagated crops such as pineapple from South America was
hypothesized to be a 'one-step operation'. We sequenced the genome of Ananas comosus …

Background There are conflicting views between palaeobotanists and plant systematists/
evolutionary biologists regarding the occurrence of plant speciation in the Quaternary …

Reef-building corals depend on symbiotic mutualisms with photosynthetic dinoflagellates in
the genus Symbiodinium. This large microalgal group comprises many highly divergent …

Urbanization significantly alters natural ecosystems and has accelerated globally. Urban
wildlife populations are often highly fragmented by human infrastructure, and isolated …

Altitudinal gradients are characterized by steep changes of the physical and biotic
environment that present challenges to plant adaptation throughout large parts of the world …