Can a better understanding of the origins of the invasive tree species Schinus terebinthifolia in South Africa help to inform its management?
Tag - hybridization
William Salter
Phylogenomic analyses of the East Asian endemic Abelia
Sun et al. used genomic data to reconstruct the phylogeny of Abelia and found a clear pattern of reticulate evolution in the group.
Alex Assiry
Species delimitation and hybridization history of a hazel species complex
The study combines genetic and physical data to define four groups of hazel plants.
Fi Gennu
Hybridisation of native and foreign Sorbus trees in the Polish Carpathian mountains
Sorbus is a highly diverse tree genus but is this the result of hybridisation and introgression between native and foreign species?
A hybridisation headache hinders control of invasive Prosopis species
Can large scale biogeographic studies provide insights into Prosopis genetic diversity, hybridisation and clarify taxonomic uncertainties?
Gentiana hoae, a new alpine species on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Is hybridization a significant driver of plant speciation and endemism in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau?
A sweet story: modern sugarcanes originate from three ancestral genomes
New study identifies hybridisation and backcrossing events to have led to the modern sugarcane cultivars.
Juniper Kiss
Reconsidering the conservation of an endangered tree in Brazil: one species or a hybrid?
Have you ever gone for a walk and noticed that the landscape has changed? Changes in plant species are easy to spot between, for example, a meadow and a forest. The transition area of biomes is called an ecotone which...
The Hidden Heritage of Pinyon Pines
Pinyon pine hybridization is widely acknowledged, but the frequency of and contributors to such interspecific mating remain largely unstudied. Pinus quadrifolia has three to four needles per fascicle, suggesting it is a...
What creates Gentiana diversity in mountains?
The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is extremely rich in species, but why? One recent explanation is the mountain‐geobiodiversity hypothesis (MGH) by Mosbrugger et al. The argument is that biodoversity happens when you...
Habitat partitioning through reproductive interference in Geranium
We’re familiar with seeing insects flit from one flower to the next, carrying pollen as they do so. What happens when they carry pollen to the wrong flower species? Sachiko Nishida and colleagues have been testing some...
European white oak hybrids can be well-identified with a small set of genetic markers
A limited set of SNPs identified the species of test trees with a high degree of accuracy, finding asymmetrical mixing among the three species.
Erin Zimmerman
Evolution of increased vigour associated with allopolyploidization in a newly formed invasive species
Polyploidy (whole genome duplication) is one of the most important processes in plant evolution. Most land plants have an evolutionary history that includes multiple polyploidization events. Allopolyploidy...
Hybrids may succeed where invasive species fail as sea levels rise
Invasive species might suffer from a change in conditions in tidal areas, but their hybrid offspring may have genes to survive.
Alun Salt