Plants of the Cannabis genus are the only prolific producers of phytocannabinoids, compounds
that strongly interact with the evolutionarily ancient endocannabinoid receptors shared …

The discipline of molecular ecology has undergone enormous changes since the journal
bearing its name was launched approximately two decades ago. The field has seen great …

Cannabis sativa L. is an important yet controversial plant with a long history of recreational,
medicinal, industrial, and agricultural use, and together with its sister genus Humulus, it …

The domesticated sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., is a global oil crop that has promise for
climate change adaptation, because it can maintain stable yields across a wide variety of …

Of the approximately 250,000 species of flowering plants, nearly one in ten are members of
the Compositae (Asteraceae), a diverse family found in almost every habitat on all continents …

Genomic studies of speciation often report the presence of highly differentiated genomic
regions interspersed within a milieu of weakly diverged loci. The formation of these speciation …

Reproducibility is the benchmark for results and conclusions drawn from scientific studies, but
systematic studies on the reproducibility of scientific results are surprisingly rare. Moreover…

Root and rhizosphere microbial communities can affect plant health, but it remains undetermined
how plant domestication may influence these bacterial and fungal communities. We …

Domesticated plants and animals often display dramatic responses to selection, but the
origins of the genetic diversity underlying these responses remain poorly understood. Despite …

The perennial sunflower Helianthus tuberosus, known as Jerusalem Artichoke or Sunchoke,
was cultivated in eastern North America before European contact. As such, it represents …