supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42072012,32070425 and 32020103006);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2021A1515012508)。
Adaptive evolution of predatory structure grants carnivores selective advantages[1],which evokes questions regarding the mechanism of functional adaptation via morphological variation and their potential impact on lin...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD1000106);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31630065);the Modern Citrus Industry Technology System of China(CARS26);the Special Project for External Science and Technology Cooperation of Science and Technology Department of Yunnan Province(202003AD150014).
Apomixis,or asexual seed formation,is prevalent in Citrinae via a mechanism termed nucellar or adventitious embryony.Here,multiple embryos of a maternal genotype form directly from nucellar cells in the ovule and can ...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)program(2019QZKK0501);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(XDA20050201);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS;the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species of CAS(the Large Research Infrastructure Funding);the CAS Scholarship of[(2018)8]to J.C.;the CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative(2018VBA0039)to D.M.H.
The Himalaya are among the youngest and highest mountains in the world,but the exact timing of their uplift and origins of their biodiversity are still in debate.The Himalayan region is a relatively small area but wit...
supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31590823 to H.S.);the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFC0505200 to H.S.);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA 20050203 to H.S.)。
To evaluate the phylogenetic patterns of the distribution and evolution of plant secondary metabolites(PSMs),we selected 8 classes of PSMs and mapped them onto an updated phylogenetic tree including 437 families of se...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91331202,41130208 and 31600182);the 985 Project(33000–18821105);the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(BX201700300);the National Key Research and Development Plan(2017FY100705);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2014M552264 and 2015T80931);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(17lgpy99);the Chang Hungta Science Foundation of Sun Yat-Sen University
Mangroves invade some very marginal habitats for woody plants—at the interface between land and sea.Since mangroves anchor tropical coastal communities globally, their origin, diversification and adaptation are of sc...
'Mangrove' refers to the various evolutionary lineages of woody plants that occupy the land/saltwater interfaces. While over 10 000 tree species are found at the interface between land and non-saline water, no more ...