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Kelly K. S. Matsunaga

University of KansasORCID 0000-0002-9533-2934Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Parallel Trajectories in the Evolution of C-class MADS-box Genes in Flowering Plants and Conifers

Austin T Nguyen, Lena Hileman, Kelly K.S. Matsunaga

This study identifies two AG gene duplications in conifers and characterizes their subfunctionalized expression patterns, revealing evolutionary mechanisms for reproductive trait diversity in Cupressaceae and convergent evolution across conifers and flowering plants.

bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Early Cretaceous Origin and Evolutionary History of Palms (Arecaceae) inferred from 1,033 Nuclear Genes and a New Synthesis of Fossil Evidence

Sidonie Bellot, Fabien L. Condamine, Kelly K. S. Matsunaga, Robert J. Morley, Santiago Ramírez‐Barahona, ÁNGELA CANO, Thomas L. P. Couvreur, Robyn Cowan, Wolf L. Eiserhardt, Benedikt Georg Kuhnhäuser, Olivier Maurin, Michelle Siros, Félix Forest, Ilia J. Leitch, William John Baker

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of palms using 1,033 nuclear genes and fossil evidence, finding the family originated in the Early Cretaceous and diversified rapidly.

Systematic Biology · Feb 27, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology