Evolutionary BiologyMolecular EcologyPeer-reviewed
Recent speciation and adaptation to aridity in the ecologically diverse Pilbara region of Australia enabled the native tobaccos (Nicotiana; Solanaceae) to colonize all Australian deserts
Luiz Augusto Cauz‐Santos, Rosabelle M. Samuel, Dominik Metschina…·Mark W. Chase
The paper uses genomic data to show that Nicotiana section Suaveolentes colonized Australian deserts by adapting to arid conditions in the Pilbara region starting 5 million years ago.