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Longevity in plants impacts phylogenetic and population dynamics
New Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 1, Page 661-671, April 2026.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 +9 more
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A PLETHORA3/7 transcription factor shapes cucumber shoot architecture
New Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 1, Page 230-245, April 2026.Summary PLETHORA transcription factors (PLTs) are master regulators of plant development. Loss of shoot meristematic PLTs leads to reduced phyllotactic regularity and robustness in Arabidopsis and increased inflorescence branching in tomato. Whether these factors have similar functions in other species is not known.
Merijn Kerstens +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.Based on a combined molecular and morphological analysis, this study identifies nine sea pen species in Hong Kong's waters, including three newly described species. The findings provide new DNA sequences and clarify phylogenetic relationships, support revisions to Pennatuloidea systematics, and update species distributions in the Northwest Pacific ...
Bonnie Yuen Wai Heung +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.Octopus vulgaris Type III — an undescribed Southern Hemisphere lineage occurring along the South African coast and Amsterdam Island — is genomically distinct from O. vulgaris sensu stricto and O. sinensis, as inferred from phylogenetic analyses of 338 nuclear loci and complete mitochondrial genomes, supporting the need for taxonomic re‐evaluation of ...
Arsalan Emami‐Khoyi +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.This study presents the complete mitochondrial genomes of nine ladybird species from the tribe Coccinellini and compares them with 58 previously published mitogenomes. Phylogenetic analyses confirm the taxonomic placement of these species within Coccinellini.
Xin‐Yi Li +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.We characterized complete mitochondrial genomes for nine keystone Neotropical raptors, including four threatened and five near‐threatened species, providing essential resources for phylogenetic and conservation studies. We also developed metabarcoding primers, enabling non‐invasive monitoring of Neotropical raptors via environmental DNA.
Diego De Panis +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.By leveraging off‐target reads from a target‐capture UCE dataset, we assembled and annotated complete mitogenomes for 68 species of wrasses and parrotfishes (Family: Labridae), 54 of which are novel to the NCBI. This increases the taxonomic coverage of reference labrid mitogenomes from less than 5% and 12% to almost 13% and 20% of the family on NCBI's ...
Aditya V. Swami +2 more
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Antioxidation is a Common Defense Strategy for Different Species Under Mechanical Stress
Advanced Genetics, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2026.Mechanical stress‐induced oxidative stress is a universal challenge across species, triggering a conserved antioxidant defense strategy. This perspective delves into the molecular evolutionary logic of this response, comparing mechanisms across plants, microorganisms, and animals to reveal their profound phylogenetic significance.
Feixiang Zhu, Kai Huang
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Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Volume 346, Issue 2, Page 91-106, March 2026.Ontogenetic sequences in phyllopharyngean ciliates. ABSTRACT Heterochronic shifts in developmental sequences of unicellular organisms are rarely considered as mechanisms behind their morphological evolution. Among eukaryotic microbes, ciliates represent a key model group, exhibiting diverse morphologies and developmental trajectories.
Klára Bukovinská, Peter Vďačný
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Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 3, March 2026.The Eurasian steppe area has been a dynamic vegetation biome during the Pleistocene with its repeated cycles of forest advances and retreats. Such a scenario allows the evolution of ecotypes at the ecotone with the potential for parallel evolution in different parts of the distribution area.
Dirk C. Albach +4 more
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