Resolving the genealogy of life—the phylogenetic relationships that describe the
evolutionary history of species—remains one of the great challenges of systematic biology …

In recent years, the use of molecular data in algal systematics has increased as high-
throughput sequencing (HTS) has become more accessible, generating very large datasets …

Understanding the factors that cause heterogeneity among gene trees can increase the
accuracy of species trees. Discordant signals across the genome are commonly produced …

Hybridization is a key mechanism involved in lineage diversification and speciation,
especially in ecosystems that experienced repeated environmental oscillations. Recently …

Erosion of biodiversity generated by anthropogenic activities has been studied for decades
and in many areas at the species level, using taxa monitoring. In contrast, genetic erosion …

Unraveling genetic population structure is challenging in species potentially characterized
by large population size and high dispersal rates, often resulting in weak genetic …

Over the last decade, protocols aimed at reproducibly sequencing reduced‐genome subsets
in non‐model organisms have been widely developed. Their use is, however, limited to DNA …

Species tree estimation from multi-locus datasets is complicated by processes such as
incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) that result in different loci having different trees. Summary …

DNA hybridization‐capture techniques allow researchers to focus their sequencing efforts
on preselected genomic regions. This feature is especially useful when analysing ancient …

Specific ecological conditions in the high mountain environment exert a selective pressure
that often leads to convergent trait evolution. Reticulations induced by incomplete lineage …