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Longevity in plants impacts phylogenetic and population dynamics

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Phylogenies of long‐lived plants often exhibit short molecular branch lengths and high levels of gene‐tree conflict. However, the biological mechanisms underlying these patterns remain unclear. We examine this with simulations and through empirical examination of several large seed plant clades.
Stephen A. Smith, James B. Pease, Tom Carruthers, Gideon S. Bradburd, Indah B. Huegele, Gregory W. Stull, William N. Weaver, Yingying Yang, Ting‐Shuang Yi, Jeremy M. Beaulieu   +9 more
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Wolbachia infection status and molecular diversity in the species of tribe Tagiadini Mabille, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) collected in China

Ecology and Evolution
Wolbachia, one of the most ubiquitous heritable symbionts in lepidopteran insects, can cause mitochondrial introgression in related host species. We recently found mito‐nuclear discordance in the Lepidopteran tribe Tagiadini Mabille 1878 from which ...
Xiaoying Wei, Jianqing Zhu, Ary A. Hoffmann, Jiqin Jia, Mengqi Xiao, Feiyu Duan, Yimin Zhang, Huimin Zhong, Jingyan Ge, Weidong Yu, Lei Zhang, Weibin Jiang   +11 more
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Phylotranscriptomic discordance is best explained by incomplete lineage sorting within Allium subgenus Cyathophora and thus hemiplasy accounts for interspecific trait transition

Plant Diversity
The transition of traits between genetically related lineages is a fascinating topic that provides clues to understanding the drivers of speciation and diversification. Much can be learned about this process from phylogeny-based trait evolution. However,
Zengzhu Zhang, Gang Liu, Minjie Li
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Target Capture Sequencing Unravels Rubus Evolution

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Rubus (Rosaceae) comprises more than 500 species with additional commercially cultivated raspberries and blackberries. The most recent (> 100 years old) global taxonomic treatment of the genus defined 12 subgenera; two subgenera were subsequently ...
Katherine A. Carter, Aaron Liston, Nahla V. Bassil, Lawrence A. Alice, Jill M. Bushakra, Brittany L. Sutherland, Todd C. Mockler, Douglas W. Bryant, Kim E. Hummer   +8 more
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Structural Variations Contribute to Subspeciation and Yield Heterosis in Rice

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Yield heterosis has been extensively exploited in hybrid breeding, with intersubspecific hybrids often exhibiting the most pronounced effects. However, developing elite hybrids remains a laborious and time‐consuming process. The genetic basis of heterosis has been debated for over a century, hindered largely by the lack of high‐quality genomes.
Zhiwu Dan, Yunping Chen, Wenchao Huang
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Phylogenetic and morphological discord indicates introgressive hybridisation in two genera of Australian millipedes (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2018
Discord between molecular and morphological datasets was observed in two pairs of species of Australian millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae using morphological and molecular phylogenetic analysis (mitochondrial COI rDNA and 16 rRNA, and nuclear 28S rRNA). Close to the presumed distributional boundary betweenPogonosternumnigrovirgatum(Carl, 1912)
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Chromosome‐Level Genome and Organ‐Specific Transcriptome of Alnus glutinosa Uncover Lineage‐Specific Innovations in Root Nodule Symbiosis

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alnus glutinosa is one of only three lineages within the order Fagales capable of establishing root nodule symbiosis (RNS). Although a fragmented genome assembly of A. glutinosa was previously available, its limited quality, combined with the lack of comprehensive transcriptomic resources, has constrained in‐depth comparative and functional ...
Zijian Liu, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Xiuli li, Yong Feng, Linnan Wu, Zhen Wu, Yao Zhong, Qingcheng Qiu, Bo Song, Hang Zhao, Hongbing Liu, Shifeng Cheng   +11 more
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Weak Nuclear Divergence Despite Pronounced Mitochondrial Divergence Within a Widespread Desert‐Inhabiting Palearctic Lark (Aves: Alaudidae)

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Bar‐tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura is a polytypic bird species with a wide distribution. One of its three subspecies, A. c. arenicolor, has previously been found to show deep mitochondrial divergence between its geographically most distant populations, from Morocco and Saudi Arabia, respectively.
Zongzhuang Liu, Silvia Colombo, Loïs Rancilhac, Arya Shafaeipour, Ali Haghani, B. Irene Tieleman, Pierre‐André Crochet, Alban Guillaumet, Urban Olsson, Per Alström   +9 more
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Phylogenetic representativeness: a new method for evaluating taxon sampling in evolutionary studies

BMC Bioinformatics, 2010
Background Taxon sampling is a major concern in phylogenetic studies. Incomplete, biased, or improper taxon sampling can lead to misleading results in reconstructing evolutionary relationships.
Passamonti Marco, Ferrucci Ronald R, Plazzi Federico   +2 more
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Evaluating Bayesian Morphological Clocks for Estimating a Dated Phylogeny in a Relict and Fossil‐Rich Family of Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea)

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, a wide array of tools originally developed for molecular dating analyses has been adapted for use within a morphological clock perspective. This is of paramount relevance for taxonomic groups that cannot be sampled in forms suitable for DNA extraction.
Anderson Lepeco, Gabriel A. R. Melo, Brunno B. Rosa   +2 more
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