Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution

G Chomicki, G Burin, L Busta, J Gozdzik, R Jetter… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Composite traits involve multiple components that, only when combined, gain a new
synergistic function. Thus, how they evolve remains a puzzle. We combined field …

Omics approaches in uncovering molecular evolution and physiology of botanical carnivory

A Baharin, TY Ting, HH Goh - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Systems biology has been increasingly applied with multiple omics for a holistic
comprehension of complex biological systems beyond the reductionist approach that …

Subgenome dominance shapes novel gene evolution in the decaploid pitcher plant Nepenthes gracilis

F Saul, M Scharmann, T Wakatake, S Rajaraman… - Nature plants, 2023 - nature.com
Subgenome dominance after whole-genome duplication generates distinction in gene
number and expression at the level of chromosome sets, but it remains unclear how this …

Reticulate evolution of the tertiary relict Osmanthus

Y Li, X Li, S Nie, M Zhang, Q Yang, W Xu… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
When interspecific gene flow is common, species relationships are more accurately
represented by a phylogenetic network than by a bifurcating tree. This study aimed to …

Conspectus on endangered carnivorous pitcher plant Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f. emphasizing in-vitro regeneration, pitcher development, and stability in genetic …

S Bhattacharjee, N Washmin, T Borah, A Sarkar… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of pitchers is the key ornamental feature of carnivorous endemic
Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f. As the modification of leaves leads to pitcher formation, the …

Rapid establishment of species barriers in plants compared to animals

F Monnet, Z Postel, P Touzet, C Fraisse, Y Van de Peer… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Speciation, the process by which new reproductively isolated species arise from ancestral
populations, occurs because of genetic changes that accumulate over time. To date, the …

Adaptive evolution of carnivory in Nepenthes pitcher plants: a comparative transcriptomics and proteomics perspective

M Scharmann, F Metali, TU Grafe, A Widmer - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
While trait diversity associated with evolutionary radiations is easily recognized, their
function and adaptive relevance often remain elusive. Here we study the evolution of …

Populations of Nepenthes natural hybrids might overcome secondary forest in Ban Thung Tuek, Ko Kho Khao, Phangnga Province, Thailand

N Jantaraprasit, C Ngernsaengsaruay… - Agriculture and …, 2024 - li01.tci-thaijo.org
Populations of Nepenthes natural hybrids might overcome secondary forest in Ban Thung
Tuek, Ko Kho Khao, Phangnga Province, Thai Page 1 Agr. Nat. Resour. 58 (2024) 445–452 …

Speciation dynamics: contrasts between plants and animals

F Monnet - 2023 - theses.hal.science
Speciation, the process leading to the emergence of reproductively isolated species through
the accumulation of genetic reproductive barriers, has been a subject of study since textit …

[PDF][PDF] Lack of introgressive gene flow despite extensive interspecific pollen transfer among sympatric bat-pollinated Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobeliodeae)

JI Moreira-Hernández, JC Bagley12… - … Pollen Transfer, Gene …, 2022 - irl.umsl.edu
Mounting evidence over the last two decades has established introgression between close
relatives as a major evolutionary force across the Tree of Life. In flowering plants, ecological …