Xian‐Chun Zhang

This study identifies an ancient allopolyploidization event in Selaginellaceae using phylogenetic analysis and morphological evidence, revealing hybridization during the Early Triassic.

The paper reports the genome of a homosporous lycophyte, revealing that LTR-RTs drive genome size expansion through a birth-death mode unique to homosporous species.

The paper investigates the DR structure in the plastome of Selaginella vardei, finding it co-occurs with few SDRs and suggests it contributes to plastome stability.

This study sequenced and analyzed plastomes from seven Selaginellaceae species, revealing evolutionary patterns of direct repeats (DR) and inverted repeats (IR) structures and their implications for plastome dynamics and stability.