Deep reticulation: the long legacy of hybridization in vascular plant evolution

GW Stull, KK Pham, PS Soltis, DE Soltis - The Plant Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

Phylogenomic analyses highlight innovation and introgression in the continental radiations of Fagaceae across the Northern Hemisphere

BF Zhou, S Yuan, AA Crowl, YY Liang, Y Shi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Northern Hemisphere forests changed drastically in the early Eocene with the diversification
of the oak family (Fagaceae). Cooling climates over the next 20 million years fostered the …

Research progress on Walnut oil: Bioactive compounds, health benefits, extraction methods, and medicinal uses

H Song, Z Cong, C Wang, M He… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Walnut oil is extracted from walnut kernels (Juglans regia Linne) or iron walnut kernels
(Juhlans sigillata Dode). The percentage of oil in walnuts is 52%–70%. The main …

Genome structure-based Juglandaceae phylogenies contradict alignment-based phylogenies and substitution rates vary with DNA repair genes

YM Ding, XX Pang, Y Cao, WP Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In lineages of allopolyploid origin, sets of homoeologous chromosomes may coexist that
differ in gene content and syntenic structure. Presence or absence of genes and …

Genomic evidence for homoploid hybrid speciation between ancestors of two different genera

Z Wang, M Kang, J Li, Z Zhang, Y Wang, C Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Homoploid hybrid speciation (HHS) has been increasingly recognized as occurring widely
during species diversification of both plants and animals. However, previous studies on HHS …

A genome variation map provides insights into the genetics of walnut adaptation and agronomic traits

F Ji, Q Ma, W Zhang, J Liu, Y Feng, P Zhao, X Song… - Genome Biology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Common walnut (Juglans regia L.) is one of the top four most
consumed nuts in the world due to its health benefits and pleasant taste. Despite its …

Ghost lineages highly influence the interpretation of introgression tests

T Tricou, E Tannier, DM de Vienne - Systematic Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Most species are extinct, those that are not are often unknown. Sequenced and sampled
species are often a minority of known ones. Past evolutionary events involving horizontal …

Fossil-informed models reveal a boreotropical origin and divergent evolutionary trajectories in the walnut family (Juglandaceae)

Q Zhang, RH Ree, N Salamin, Y Xing… - Systematic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Temperate woody plants in the Northern Hemisphere have long been known to exhibit high
species richness in East Asia and North America and significantly lower diversity in Europe …

Plastid phylogenomic analyses of Fagales reveal signatures of conflict and ancient chloroplast capture

YY Yang, XJ Qu, R Zhang, GW Stull, TS Yi - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastid phylogenomic analyses have shed light on many recalcitrant relationships across the
angiosperm Tree of Life and continue to play an important role in plant phylogenetics …

Population-genomic analyses reveal bottlenecks and asymmetric introgression from Persian into iron walnut during domestication

YM Ding, Y Cao, WP Zhang, J Chen, J Liu, P Li… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Persian walnut, Juglans regia, occurs naturally from Greece to western
China, while its closest relative, the iron walnut, Juglans sigillata, is endemic in southwest …