Richard G.J. Hodel

Rapid radiation of a plant lineage sheds light on the assembly of dry valley biomes

This study investigates the rapid radiation of the Isodon lineage in southwest China's dry valleys, linking it to habitat and growth form shifts during the Pliocene.

Unveiling allopolyploidization-driven genome duplications through progressive analysis of deep genome skimming data

This study uses deep genome skimming data to analyze whole-genome duplication events in polyploid Prunus species, revealing allopolyploidization as a dominant evolutionary mechanism.

Unraveling the Web of Life: Incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization as primary mechanisms over polyploidization in the evolutionary dynamics of pear species

This study identifies incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization as primary evolutionary mechanisms in pear species, using a novel SSE approach to analyze phylogenetic incongruence.

When species trees disagree: an approach consistent with the coalescent that quantifies phylogenomic support for contentious relationships

The paper evaluates EPSY, concatenation, and coalescent-based methods under high ILS, finding EPSY more accurate in resolving contentious phylogenetic relationships.