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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Wen-Qing Ye, Shan-Shan Zhu, Hans Peter Comes, Tuo Yang, Lian Lian, Wei Wang, Ying-Xiong Qiu
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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Ecology
Anthony E. Melton, Matthew H. Clinton, Donald N. Wasoff, Limin Lu, Haihua Hu, Zhiduan Chen, Keping Ma, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis
Summary: Plant species in eastern Asia have larger climatic niche spaces compared to their counterparts in eastern North America. Congeners of eastern Asia-eastern North America disjunct genera tend to occupy similar or equivalent climatic niche spaces within their respective distributions, possibly due to their physiographic contexts.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yuan-Yuan Feng, Ting-Ting Shen, Cheng-Cheng Shao, Hong Du, Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Quan Wang
Summary: The study reconstructed a highly resolved phylogeny of Tsuga using nuclear, chloroplast, and mitochondrial genes, revealing the biogeographic history of the species originating in North America and dispersing to East Asia via the Bering Land Bridge in the middle Miocene. Additionally, a complex reticulate evolutionary pattern among East Asian Tsuga species was discovered, with implications for taxonomic reconsideration.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Han-Yang Lin, Miao Sun, Ya-Jun Hao, Daijiang Li, Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Cheng-Xin Fu, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Yun-Peng Zhao
Summary: This study investigates the patterns of phylogenetic diversity (PD) and phylogenetic beta diversity (PBD) of congeners disjunctly distributed between eastern Asia and eastern North America (EA-ENA disjuncts) and their associated factors. The results show that, despite having fewer disjunct species than EA, ENA disjuncts have higher standardized effect size of PD (SES-PD) at the continental scale. The SES-PD of EA-ENA disjuncts decreases with increasing latitude, with a stronger latitudinal diversity gradient in EA sites.
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Evolutionary Biology
Qiuyue Zhang, Richard H. Ree, Nicolas Salamin, Yaowu Xing, Daniele Silvestro
Summary: This study investigates the geographic diversity formation of the temperate woody plant family Juglandaceae through integrating molecular, morphological, fossil, and environmental data. The results show that Juglandoideae rapidly evolved frost tolerance and diversified at high latitudes during the Miocene, while Engelhardioideae showed temperature conservatism and adapted to increased humidity at low latitudes since the Eocene. The North Atlantic land bridge and Europe played critical roles in linking the floras of East Asia and North America.
SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Jing-Yu Wu, Hui Chen, Shi-Cheng Ruan, Meng Yang, Lin-Bo Mo, Bao-Qiang Ji, Jin-Long Zhang, Su-Ting Ding
Summary: Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the genus Podocarpus diverged around the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary, with two monophyletic subgenera Podocarpus and Foliolatus differentiating during the Paleogene. Fossil studies in western Yunnan reveal a thriving of Podocarpus during the Pliocene, while early representatives of the subgenus Foliolatus may have originated from Australasia and spread to northeastern India during the late Oligocene. The Indochinese subclade within the Foliolatus subgenus likely underwent rapid diversification due to uplift of the Hengduan Mountains since the late Miocene.
REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY
(2021)
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Evolutionary Biology
Yi Gao, Ai Song, Wei-Yu-Dong Deng, Lin-Lin Chen, Jia Liu, Wei-Cheng Li, Gaurav Srivastava, Robert A. Spicer, Zhe-Kun Zhou, Tao Su
Summary: This study reports the earliest fossil record of Bauhinia s.s., a large genus in the family Fabaceae, and provides new insights into its evolutionary and biogeographical history. The research suggests that Bauhinia s.s. originated in the Afrotropical realm and dispersed to the Neotropical and Indomalayan realms. The discovery of the oldest Bauhinia s.s. fossils in the southern Tibetan region updates our understanding of the genus' biogeographical history.
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Subhronil Mondal, Hindolita Chakraborty, Sandip Saha, Sahana Dey, Deepjay Sarkar
Summary: Studies on gastropod drilling predation along the eastern coast of India reveal high variability in drilling intensity across different latitudes and environments, with no clear gradient observed. However, a consistent pattern is the preference of naticid gastropods for small infaunal prey living in sandy-muddy substrates. Biotic and abiotic factors influence local predation patterns, emphasizing the need to consider spatial variability within specific time frames for interpreting temporal patterns in drilling predation.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Marina A. Gornova, Vasiliy A. Belyaev, Anas A. Karimov, Sergei Yu. Skuzovatov, Nikolay S. Karmanov, Alexander Ya. Medvedev, Nikolay V. Bryanskiy
Summary: Mantle peridotites from the Mesoproterozoic forearc-type ophiolites in the Eastern Sayan range provide insights into the nature and formation processes of the supra-subduction mantle. These peridotites possess refractory compositions and record high degrees of partial melting, as well as interaction with hydrous arc melts. The whole-rock and mineral compositions suggest an affinity to ultra-depleted Proterozoic subcontinental lithospheric mantle.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Zhi-Yuan Du, Jin Cheng, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang
Summary: The big-bracted dogwood clade Benthamidia of Cornus is a typical example of the floristic disjunction between eastern Asia (EA) and North America (NA), with greater species diversity in EA than in NA. Through phylogenomic and biogeographic analyses, we confirmed the higher phylogenetic diversity and diversification rate of the EA clade. Our results also indicated a trans-Beringian ancestral distribution, dispersal from Mexico to eastern United States, and early diversification in southwest China.
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Hong-Lei Li, Wei Wang, Rui-Qi Li, Jing-Bo Zhang, Miao Sun, Rehan Naeem, Jun-Xia Su, Xiao-Guo Xiang, Peter E. Mortimer, De-Zhu Li, Kevin D. Hyde, Jian-Chu Xu, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Jianhua Li, Shou-Zhou Zhang, Hong Wu, Zhi-Duan Chen, An-Ming Lu
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2016)
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Plant Sciences
Zhi-Duan Chen, Tuo Yang, Li Lin, Li-Min Lu, Hong-Lei Li, Miao Sun, Bing Liu, Min Chen, Yan-Ting Niu, Jian-Fei Ye, Zhi-Yong Cao, Hong-Mei Liu, Xiao-Ming Wang, Wei Wang, Jing-Bo Zhang, Zhen Meng, Wei Cao, Jian-Hui Li, Sheng-Dan Wu, Hui-Ling Zhao, Zhong-Jian Liu, Zhi-Yuan Du, Qing-Feng Wang, Jing Guo, Xin-Xin Tan, Jun-Xia Su, Lin-Jing Zhang, Lei-Lei Yang, Yi-Ying Liao, Ming-He Li, Guo-Qiang Zhang, Shih-Wen Chung, Jian Zhang, Kun-Li Xiang, Rui-Qi Li, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Shi-Liang Zhou, Jin-Hua Ran, Xiao-Quan Wang, Xiao-Hua Jin, You-Sheng Chen, Tian-Gang Gao, Jian-Hua Li, Shou-Zhou Zhang, An-Ming Lu
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2016)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ao Gao, Jingbo Zhang, Wenheng Zhang
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2017)
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Plant Sciences
Jingbo Zhang, Peter F. Stevens, Wenheng Zhang
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2017)
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Plant Sciences
Li Chen, Xin-Wei Li, Jing-Bo Zhang, Jian-Qiang Li
ANNALES BOTANICI FENNICI
(2010)
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Plant Sciences
Xiao-Guo Xiang, Jing-Bo Zhang, An-Ming Lu, Rui-Qi Li
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(2011)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andre S. Chanderbali, Lingling Jin, Qiaoji Xu, Yue Zhang, Jingbo Zhang, Shuguang Jian, Emily Carroll, David Sankoff, Victor A. Albert, Dianella G. Howarth, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis
Summary: This study investigates the origin of gamma, a hexaploid state shared by a large number of angiosperms, by analyzing the genomes of Buxus sinica and Tetracentron sinense. The results suggest that gamma arose through two whole-genome duplications early in eudicot history, and reject the hypothesis of inter-lineage hybridization.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Jingbo Zhang, Peter F. Stevens, Wenheng Zhang
Summary: A better understanding of the morphological evolution of solanaceous inflorescence structure helped clarify the floral symmetry of Solanaceae.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Ghadeer Bukhari, Jingbo Zhang, Peter F. Stevens, Wenheng Zhang
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2017)