Epigenetics and the success of invasive plants

J Mounger, ML Ainouche… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biological invasions impose ecological and economic problems on a global scale, but also
provide extraordinary opportunities for studying contemporary evolution. It is critical to …

Polyploidy: pitfalls and paths to a paradigm

DE Soltis, CJ Visger, DB Marchant… - American journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Investigators have long searched for a polyploidy paradigm—rules or principles that might
be common following polyploidization (whole‐genome duplication, WGD). Here we attempt …

[HTML][HTML] A 250 plastome phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae): topological support under different data partitions

JM Saarela, SV Burke, WP Wysocki, MD Barrett… - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
The systematics of grasses has advanced through applications of plastome phylogenomics,
although studies have been largely limited to subfamilies or other subgroups of Poaceae …

Comparative chloroplast genomes: insights into the evolution of the chloroplast genome of Camellia sinensis and the phylogeny of Camellia

L Li, Y Hu, M He, B Zhang, W Wu, P Cai, D Huo… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Chloroplast genome resources can provide useful information for the evolution
of plant species. Tea plant (Camellia sinensis) is among the most economically valuable …

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Barleria prionitis, comparative chloroplast genomics and phylogenetic relationships among Acanthoideae

DA Alzahrani, SS Yaradua, EJ Albokhari, A Abba - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background The plastome of medicinal and endangered species in Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, Barleria prionitis was sequenced. The plastome was compared with that of seven …

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Fagopyrum dibotrys: genome features, comparative analysis and phylogenetic relationships

X Wang, T Zhou, G Bai, Y Zhao - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Fagopyrum dibotrys, belongs to Polygonaceae family, is one of national key conserved wild
plants of China with important medicinal and economic values. Here, the complete …

Comparative Chloroplast Genome Analyses of Species in Gentiana section Cruciata (Gentianaceae) and the Development of Authentication Markers

T Zhou, J Wang, Y Jia, W Li, F Xu, X Wang - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Gentiana section Cruciata is widely distributed across Eurasia at high altitudes, and some
species in this section are used as traditional Chinese medicine. Accurate identification of …

Supporting Spartina: Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus

A Bortolus, P Adam, JB Adams, ML Ainouche, D Ayres… - 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In 2014, a DNA‐based phylogenetic study confirming the paraphyly of the grass subtribe
Sporobolinae proposed the creation of a large monophyletic genus Sporobolus, including …

Plastid genome comparative and phylogenetic analyses of the key genera in Fagaceae: highlighting the effect of codon composition bias in phylogenetic inference

Y Yang, J Zhu, L Feng, T Zhou, G Bai, J Yang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Fagaceae is one of the largest and economically important taxa within Fagales. Considering
the incongruence among inferences from plastid and nuclear genes in the previous …

Comparative plastid genomics of four Pilea (Urticaceae) species: insight into interspecific plastid genome diversity in Pilea

J Li, J Tang, S Zeng, F Han, J Yuan, J Yu - BMC plant biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Pilea is a genus of perennial herbs from the family Urticaceae, and some
species are used as courtyard ornamentals or for medicinal purposes. At present, there is no …