Michelle Waycott

Phylogenomic analyses of the Austral podocarps (Podocarpus: Podocarpaceae) reveals unlikely hybrid ancestry of a New Zealand species

The paper identifies a hybrid lineage in the Austral podocarps using phylogenomic analyses, revealing that Podocarpus nivalis is a hybrid between P. laetus and P. lawrencei.

A comparison of two universal angiosperm bait sets and the phylogenomics of Alismatales

The paper compares two universal angiosperm bait sets, finding OzBaits v2 recovers more genes and provides higher phylogenetic utility than Angiosperms353 for the Alismatales order.

Nuclear phylogenomics of grasses (Poaceae) supports current classification and reveals repeated reticulation

This study constructs a nuclear phylogeny of grasses using genome-scale data, showing agreement with plastome phylogeny and evidence for repeated reticulation events.

A multi-gene region targeted capture approach to detect plant DNA in environmental samples: A case study from coastal environments

The paper develops a multi-gene targeted capture method to improve species-level identification of flowering plants in environmental DNA samples.