Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics

WJ Baker, J Dransfield - Botanical Journal of the Linnean …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The systematic biology of the palm family (Arecaceae) is probably better known than that of
any other tropical plant family of comparable size. As a result, the palms are now regarded …

Strategies for complete plastid genome sequencing

AD Twyford, RW Ness - Molecular ecology resources, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Plastid sequencing is an essential tool in the study of plant evolution. This high‐copy
organelle is one of the most technically accessible regions of the genome, and its sequence …

Monocot plastid phylogenomics, timeline, net rates of species diversification, the power of multi‐gene analyses, and a functional model for the origin of monocots

TJ Givnish, A Zuluaga, D Spalink… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the Study We present the first plastome phylogeny encompassing all 77 monocot
families, estimate branch support, and infer monocot‐wide divergence times and rates of …

A plastid phylogenomic framework for the palm family (Arecaceae)

G Yao, YQ Zhang, C Barrett, B Xue, S Bellot, WJ Baker… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Over the past decade, phylogenomics has greatly advanced our knowledge of
angiosperm evolution. However, phylogenomic studies of large angiosperm families with …

Plastid genomes reveal support for deep phylogenetic relationships and extensive rate variation among palms and other commelinid monocots

CF Barrett, WJ Baker, JR Comer, JG Conran… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite progress based on multilocus, phylogenetic studies of the palms (order Arecales,
family Arecaceae), uncertainty remains in resolution/support among major clades and for the …

Targeted capture of hundreds of nuclear genes unravels phylogenetic relationships of the diverse Neotropical palm tribe Geonomateae

O Loiseau, I Olivares, M Paris, M de La Harpe… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The tribe Geonomateae is a widely distributed group of 103 species of Neotropical palms
which contains six ecologically important understory or subcanopy genera. Although it has …

Phylogeography of the genus Podococcus (Palmae/Arecaceae) in Central African rain forests: Climate stability predicts unique genetic diversity

A Faye, V Deblauwe, C Mariac, D Richard… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2016 - Elsevier
The tropical rain forests of Central Africa contain high levels of species diversity.
Paleovegetation or biodiversity patterns suggested successive contraction/expansion …

An introduction to plant phylogenomics with a focus on palms

CF Barrett, CD Bacon, A Antonelli… - Botanical Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Phylogenomics refers to the use of phylogenetic trees to interpret gene function and genome
evolution and to the use of genome-scale data to build phylogenetic trees. The field of …

The complete plastome of macaw palm [Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.] and extensive molecular analyses of the evolution of plastid genes in Arecaceae

A de Santana Lopes, T Gomes Pacheco, T Nimz… - Planta, 2018 - Springer
Main conclusion The plastome of macaw palm was sequenced allowing analyses of
evolution and molecular markers. Additionally, we demonstrated that more than half of …

From genomes to GENE-omes: exome sequencing concept and applications in crop improvement

P Kaur, K Gaikwad - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Exome sequencing represents targeted capture and sequencing of 1–2% of 'high-value
genomic regions'(subset of the genome) which are enriched for functional variants and …