Poaceae (the grasses) is arguably the most successful plant family, in terms of its global
occurrence in (almost) all ecosystems with angiosperms, its ecological dominance in many …

Intermediate wheatgrass [IWG; Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & DR Dewey] is a
perennial grass with the unique distinction of having been, for more than 30 years, the target …

Disentangling phylogenetic relationships proves challenging for groups that have evolved
recently, especially if there is ongoing reticulation. Although they are in most cases …

Crocus sativus, the saffron crocus, is the source of saffron, which is made from the dried
stigmas of the plant. It is a male-sterile triploid lineage that ever since its origin has been …

Background There are conflicting views between palaeobotanists and plant systematists/
evolutionary biologists regarding the occurrence of plant speciation in the Quaternary …

For centuries, biologists have been captivated by the vast disparity in species richness
between different groups of organisms. Variation in diversity is widely attributed to …

Difficulties in generating nuclear data for polyploids have impeded phylogenetic study of
these groups. We describe a high‐throughput protocol and an associated bioinformatics …

Plant genome sequences catalogue genes and the genetic elements that regulate their
expression. Such inventories further research aims as diverse as mapping the molecular …

Abstract Wild barley, from “Evolution Canyon (EC)” in Mount Carmel, Israel, are ideal models
for cereal chromosome evolution studies. Here, the wild barley EC_S1 is from the south …

Background Triticeae, the tribe of wheat grasses, harbours the cereals barley, rye and wheat
and their wild relatives. Although economically important, relationships within the tribe are …