Sandra Knapp

The paper investigates reticulate evolution in the Morelloid clade using genome skimming and phylogenomic methods, revealing widespread chloroplast capture events.

A 1,474-species 10-marker phylogeny and a 110-taxon Angiosperms353 phylogenomic dataset support a rank-free PhyloCode classification defining 38 clades across Solanaceae, including 16 infrageneric clades in Solanum.

Morphometric and micro-CT analysis of 110 fossil and 354 extant Solanaceae seeds identifies 10 specimen-backed fossil species, including four new genera and a fossilized elaiosome, spanning Eocene to Holocene deposits.

The paper uses pan-genomics and genome editing in Solanum to show that paralog diversification hinders genotype-phenotype predictability in crop domestication.

The paper investigates convergent evolution of plant prickles, finding that mutations in a cytokinin gene repeatedly cause prickle loss across species.