Chelsea Dvorak Specht

This study compares reproductive output and clonality in two sympatric bromeliad species, finding no trade-off between clonal and sexual reproduction and similar scaling of reproductive output with vegetative size.

This study investigates how chromosome number divergence influences monocot hybrid evolution using a new metric, the Ploidy Deviation Index (PDI), finding homoploid hybrids are most common and challenging assumptions about polyploidy dominance.

This study analyzes the genetic diversity of farmer-maintained Theobroma cacao in Costa Rica, revealing previously uncharacterized local genetic groups and highlighting the importance of farmer-managed systems for conservation.

The paper investigates the formation of ectopic cambia in Japanese wisteria using anatomical, transcriptomic, and evolutionary analyses, finding conserved KNOX genes involved in atypical vascular development.

This study uses population genomics to analyze genetic diversity in Sabal minor, finding that caulescent and acaulescent forms are phenotypic variants of a single species, not separate species.

The paper tests AVITI library prep miniaturization and compares its performance with Illumina for phylogenomic and population genomic analyses, finding high congruence but some issues with miniaturized data.

This study compares reduced-representation and genome-wide data in phylogenomics and population genomics, finding that genome-wide data retain more SNPs, show higher heterozygosity, and provide better phylogenetic support.

This paper revises the Neotropical Costaceae family, describing 90 species across four genera and providing taxonomic updates, distribution maps, and identification tools.