Many large and economically important plant groups (eg Brassicaceae, Poaceae,
Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Solanaceae) have had ancient whole genome duplications (WGDs) …

Herbarium genomics is proving promising as next-generation sequencing approaches are
well suited to deal with the usually fragmented nature of archival DNA. We show that routine …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Previous phylogenetic studies employing molecular markers
have yielded various insights into the evolutionary history across Brassicales, but many …

Background Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) have been identified as gene regulatory
elements that influence the transcription of their neighbouring protein-coding genes. The …

Understanding how plants cope with changing habitats is a timely and important topic in plant
research. Phenotypic plasticity describes the capability of a genotype to produce different …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The Irano‐Turanian region harbors three biodiversity hotspots
and ∼25% of Brassicaceae species are endemic to the region. Aethionema (∼61 species) is …

Evolutionary arms‐races between plants and insect herbivores have long been proposed to
generate key innovations such as plant toxins and detoxification mechanisms that can drive …

The predominantly South-African plant genus Pelargonium L’Hér. (Geraniaceae) displays
remarkable morphological diversity, several basic chromosome numbers as well as high …

The biochemical defense of plants can change during their life-cycle and impact herbivore
feeding and plant fitness. The annual species Aethionema arabicum is part of the sister clade …

The genus Aethionema is a sister-group to the core-group of the Brassicaceae family that
includes Arabidopsis thaliana and the Brassica crops. Thus, Aethionema is phylogenetically …