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Sundre K. Winslow, Sandra Knapp, Tiina Särkinen, Péter Poczai
The paper investigates reticulate evolution in the Morelloid clade using genome skimming and phylogenomic methods, revealing widespread chloroplast capture events.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · Aug 21, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology
Ludwig Baldaszti, Peter Watson Moonlight, Neil Alistair Brummitt, Samuel Pironon, Tiina Särkinen
The paper shows that small representative samples of plant species can accurately capture global vascular plant diversity patterns at the country scale.
bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology
Rocío Deanna, Gloria E. Barboza, Lynn Bohs, Steven Dodsworth, Edeline Gagnon, Leandro Lacerda Giacomin, Sandra Knapp, Andrés Orejuela, Péter Poczai, Tiina Särkinen, Stacey D. Smith, Richard G. Olmstead
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.
Taxon · Apr 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology✦ In-depth digest
Rocío Deanna, Aleksej Vladimirovič Hvalj, Edoardo Martinetto, Sandra Knapp, Eva‐Maria Sadowski, Steven R. Manchester, Abel Campos, Vincent Fernandez, Gloria E. Barboza, Hervé Sauquet, Ellen Dean, Tiina Särkinen, Franco Chiarini, Gabriel Bernardello, Stacey D. Smith
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.
Taxon · Feb 1, 2026Peer-reviewedPaleontology✦ In-depth digest
Brhenda Santos Lozado, Cinthia Pereira de Oliveira, Alessandro de Paula, Patrícia Anjos Bittencourt Barreto‐Garcia, Odair Lacerda Lemos, Ana Luísa Leite Pereira, Emanuel Araújo Silva, Rinaldo Luíz Caraciolo Ferreira, José Antônio Aleixo da Silva, Frans Germain Corneel Pareyn, Peter Watson Moonlight, Domingos Cardoso, ELMAR M. VEENENDAAL, Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz, Priscyla Maria Silva Rodrigues, , Róbson Borges de Lima
This study models potential aboveground biomass in the Caatinga, finding it highly sensitive to water availability and topography, with high biomass in rugged terrains and under specific precipitation thresholds.
bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2025 · PreprintEcology
Matthias Benoit, Katharine M. Jenike, James W. Satterlee, Srividya Ramakrishnan, Iacopo Gentile, Anat Hendelman, Michael J. Passalacqua, Hamsini Suresh, Hagai Shohat, Gina M. Robitaille, Blaine Fitzgerald, Michael Alonge, Xingang Wang, Ryan Santos, Jia He, , Zachary B. Lippman
The paper uses pan-genomics and genome editing in Solanum to show that paralog diversification hinders genotype-phenotype predictability in crop domestication.
bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2024 · PreprintGenetics
James W. Satterlee, David E. Alonso, Pietro Gramazio, Katharine M. Jenike, Jia He, Andrea Arrones, Gloria Villanueva, Mariola Plazas, Srividya Ramakrishnan, Matthias Benoit, Iacopo Gentile, Anat Hendelman, Hagai Shohat, Blaine Fitzgerald, Gina M. Robitaille, , Zachary B. Lippman
The paper investigates convergent evolution of plant prickles, finding that mutations in a cytokinin gene repeatedly cause prickle loss across species.
Science · Aug 1, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology