Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms
G. W. Stull, X.-J. Qu, C. Parins-Fukuchi, Y.-Y. Yang, J.-B. Yang, Z.-Y. Yang, Y. Hu, H. Ma, P. S. Soltis, D. E. Soltis, D.-Z. Li, S. A. Smith, T.-S. Yi
This study links genomic changes like WGD and gene duplication to phenotypic innovation and diversification in gymnosperms, showing ecological factors also drive diversification after angiosperms.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2021Evolutionary Biology