A5007455047- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Date Palm Research Studies
- Seed and Plant Biochemistry
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Infrared Target Detection Methodologies
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
University of Exeter
2021-2025
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2017-2023
Imperial College London
2017-2020
James Cook University
2018
Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
2018
Distributed across two continents and thousands of islands, the Asian tropics are among most species-rich areas on Earth. The origins this diversity, however, remain poorly understood. Here, we reveal classify contributions individual tropical regions to their overall diversity by leveraging species-level phylogenomic data new fossils from palm lineage, rattans relatives (Arecaceae, Calamoideae). Radiators (Borneo) generate distribute incubators (Indochina, New Guinea, Sulawesi) produce in...
PREMISE The inference of evolutionary relationships in the species‐rich family Orchidaceae has hitherto relied heavily on plastid DNA sequences and limited taxon sampling. Previous studies have provided a robust phylogenetic framework, which was used to classify orchids investigate drivers orchid diversification. However, extent based genome is congruent with nuclear been only poorly assessed. METHODS We inferred higher‐level likelihood ASTRAL analyses 294 low‐copy genes sequenced using...
Abstract Hybridization can facilitate both evolutionary diversification and extinction has had a critical role in plant evolution, with c. 25% of species known to hybridize some temperate floras. However, the species-rich Neotropical flora, hybridization evolution diversity remains unclear. Our review examines studies seed plants from across Neotropics explores its outcomes on evolution. We per-biome basis spectrum are evident biomes taxa. These range short-term impacts, such as broadening...
Genome size varies 2400-fold across plants, influencing their evolution through changes in cell and division rates which impact plants' environmental stress tolerance. Repetitive element expansion explains much genome diversity, the processes structuring repeat 'communities' are analogous to those ecological communities. However, stressors influence community dynamics has not yet been examined from an perspective. We measured leveraged climatic data for 91% of genera within ecologically...
Abstract Hybridization has the potential to generate or homogenize biodiversity and is a particularly common phenomenon in plants, with an estimated 25% of plant species undergoing interspecific gene flow. However, hybridization Amazonia's megadiverse tree flora was assumed be extremely rare despite extensive sympatry between closely related species, its role diversification remains enigmatic because it not yet been examined empirically. Using members dominant Amazonian family ( Brownea ,...
Abstract Dalbergia odorifera T. C. Chen (Leguminosae), a rare and endangered tree species endemic to Hainan Island of China, produces the most expensive rarest wood in China. The characteristics D. are remarkably similar those tonkinensis (a much less sought‐after from Vietnam), DNA is often highly degraded, making it very difficult identify two using anatomical features or barcoding based on regular markers. To solve confusion identifying reliably species, we built analyzed plastome library...
The date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, has been a cornerstone of Middle Eastern and North African agriculture for millennia. It was first domesticated in the Persian Gulf, its evolution appears to have influenced by gene flow from two wild relatives, P. theophrasti, currently restricted Crete Turkey, sylvestris, widespread Bangladesh West Himalayas. Genomes ancient palm seeds show that theophrasti dactylifera may occurred ∼2,200 years ago, but traces sylvestris could not be detected. We here...
Abstract Evolutionary radiations underlie much of the species diversity life on Earth, particularly within world’s most species-rich tree flora – that Amazon rainforest. Hybridisation occurs in many radiations, with effects ranging from homogenisation divergent to generation genetic and phenotypic novelty fuels speciation. However, influence hybridisation Amazonian has been little studied. We address this using ubiquitous, species-rich, neotropical genus Inga, which typifies rapid rainforest...
Premise of research. The Neotropical endemic Macrolobium is one the most species-rich genera (ca. 75 species) within subfamily Detarioideae (Fabaceae, alternatively Leguminosae). Two sections distinguished by floral morphology have been recognized in past. Although morphologically diverse, species genus share several characters, including a single well-developed petal adaxial position. However, previous analyses based on plastid markers suggested that not monophyletic. We produce densely...
Abstract Aim Phenotypes promoting dispersal over ecological timescales may have macroevolutionary consequences, such as long‐distance and diversification. However, whether traits explain the distribution of pantropical plant groups remains unclear. Here we reconstruct biogeographical history a tree clade to assess seed biome‐switching clade’s distribution. Location Pantropical. Taxon The Pterocarpus (Leguminosae/Fabaceae). Methods We sequenced 303 nuclear loci using target capture generated...
We present a genome assembly from an individual of
We present a genome assembly from an individual Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Sapindales; Simaroubaceae). The sequence is 939 megabases in span. Most the scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules. mitochondrial and plastid assemblies are 661.1 kilobases 161.1 long, respectively.
Abstract Evolutionary radiations underlie much of the species diversity life on Earth, particularly within world’s most species-rich tree flora – that Amazon rainforest. Hybridisation occurs in many radiations, with effects ranging from homogenisation to generation genetic and phenotypic novelty fuels speciation, but influence hybridisation Amazonian has been little studied. We address this using ubiquitous, species-rich, neotropical genus Inga , which typifies rapid rainforest trees. assess...
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Transposable elements (TEs) have been hypothesized to play a pivotal role in driving diversification by facilitating the emergence of novel phenotypes and accumulation divergence between species. The rapid speciation ecological characteristic adaptive radiations offer unique opportunity examine link TE speciation, adaptation. Here, focusing on all 15 species genus Scalesia (Asteraceae), radiation endemic Galapagos Islands, we test whether hybridization or shifts niche are associated with...
We present a genome assembly from an individual of
We present a genome assembly from an individual of