Peter Sseruwagi and Joseph Ndunguru,Mikocheni Agriculture Research Institute,Tanzania,for collecting samples from Uganda.J.N.C.is supported by grants(AGL2013-48913-C2-1-R and AGL2016-75819-C2-2-R)from the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad(MINECO,Spain);co-financed by ERDF.E.F.O.is a recipient of a"Juan de la Cierva-Incorporacion"postdoctoral contract from MINECO.
Identifying cryptic species poses a substantial challenge to both biologists and naturalists due to morphological similarities.Bemisia tabaci is a cryptic species complex containing more than 44 putative species;sever...
Spatial phylogenetics on Poaceae was funded by CONICET(Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas—Proyecto de Unidades Ejecutoras(PUE)Nro.22920200100029).
In this study,we explored the distributions of grass genera in the Southern Cone(SC)of South America,applying several phylogenetic diversity(PD)metrics and randomization tests.Grasses appear to have been present in So...
supported by the National Science Foundation(USA),grant number DEB-1916632;the Department ofEnergy(DOE),grant number DE-SC0018247.
Astragalus (Fabaceae) is astoundingly diverse in temperate, cold arid regions of Earth, positioning this group as a model clade for investigating the distribution of plant diversity in the face of environmental challe...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA0420203);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32270214 to XJ);China's National Basic Science and Technology Program (2018FY100801)。
Orchidaceae are one of the largest families of angiosperms in terms of species richness.In the last decade,numerous studies have delved into reconstructing the phylogenetic framework of Orchidaceae,leveraging data fro...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(32270221,32160273);the Project of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City(SCKJJYRC-2022-83);funding from Hainan University(XTCX2022NYB09);an open funding from Huadong Normal University(SHUES2021A08,SHUES2022A06).
Hainan Island has the most extensive and well-preserved tropical forests in China.With rapid economic development of Hainan,biodiversity is increasingly at risk.Determining the spatial patterns of plant diversity in H...
Supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Nos.XDA22050302,XDB42000000);the Taishan Scholar Project Special Fund(to Nansheng CHEN);the Post-doctoral Program of Qingdao 2021(No.E2KY14101N)。
A sudden and unprecedented outbreak of molluscan Philine kinglipini occurred in summer 2022 in Jiaozhou Bay,Shandong,China,causing substantial damage to local mariculture industry of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippi...
Heterodontonyx (Pompilidae: Pepsinae) is an understudied genus with Australasiandistribution and most species are endemic to Australia. There have recently been sometaxonomic changes involving the genera Heterodontony...
Modern agricultural systems are directly threatened by global climate change and the resulting freshwater crisis.A considerable challenge in the coming years will be to develop crops that can cope with the conse-quenc...
supported by fellowships of the Ministry of Universities of the Spanish Government(María Zambrano/Next Generation EU);the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology(FCT,PTDC/BAA-AGR/28866/2017)to GF.
Weaverbirds are a speciose group of colorful passerines inhabiting the Old World Tropics.Nevertheless,the Oriental weaverbirds(Ploceus spp.),widespread across southern Asia,are much less diverse and restricted to a fe...
Among the avian species, understanding the roles of activin happen to be a dominant challenge in genetic evolution due to its complexity in nature. A case study of the activin gene in avian species was carried out usi...