Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

Apomixis, the reproduction via asexually formed seed, is taxonomically scattered in
angiosperms. Here we review the major developmental pathways to apomixis and the …

Cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a widely grown oilseed crop worldwide;
however, the events leading to its origin and diversification are not fully understood. Here by …

Maleae is one of the most widespread tribes of Rosaceae and includes several important
fruit crops and ornamental plants. We used nuclear genes from 62 transcriptomes/genomes …

Polygonatum is the largest genus of tribe Polygonateae (Asparagaceae) and is widely
distributed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, especially well diversified in …

Plant genome-scale resources are being generated at an increasing rate as sequencing
technologies continue to improve and raw data costs continue to fall; however, the cost of …

Angiosperms (flowering plants) are by far the most diverse land plant group with over
300,000 species. The sudden appearance of diverse angiosperms in the fossil record was …

Cultivated pear consists of several Pyrus species with Pyrus communis (European pear)
representing a large fraction of worldwide production. As a relatively recently domesticated …

Spiraea crenata L. is a deciduous shrub distributed across the Eurasian steppe zone. The
species is of cultural and horticultural importance and occurs in scattered populations …

Phylogenetic studies in the phylogenomics era have demonstrated that reticulate evolution
greatly impedes the accuracy of phylogenetic inference, and consequently can obscure …