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From #phylogenomics to breeding: Can universal target capture probes be used in the development of SNP markers for kinship analysis?

New in #AppsPlantSci by Kedra Ousmael & Ole Hansen

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #Angiosperms353 #iamabotanist
Comparison of genomic relatedness computed with SNPs identified based on Angiosperms353 and DArTseq SNPs in 20 individuals belonging to Cordia africana. (Left) A heatmap showing pairwise genomic relatedness based on the Angiosperms353-based SNPs in the upper diagonal and the DArTseq SNPs in the lower diagonal. (Right) A graph showing the correlation between the genomic relatedness values computed with the two sets of SNPs.
November 14, 2024 at 6:59 PM
nybg.bsky.social
New #scipub coauthored by NYBG's Leeann Dabydeen, Greg Plunkett, Ben Torke & visiting student Rafael G.Barbosa-Silva uses Angiosperms353 data to reveal key insights into Erioculaceae, challenging long-held views of its evolution/classification 🧬🌸 www.researchgate.net/publication/... ⛰️ #NYBGscience
May 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
annbot.bsky.social
🌳 Despite extensive gene tree discordance, Salibaits outperformed Angiosperms353, yielding better-resolved trees and clearer relationships. Missing data had little effect on the overall topology. (5/8)
Figure showing evolutionary relationships within Tecticornia Group II, reconstructed from DNA data using 463 nuclear genes. Each branch shows how species are related based on genetic similarities. The strength of support for each branch is marked with stars (* = very strong, ** = strong, * = moderate). Shaded boxes highlight species with specific traits: Grey (AM): plants with both male and bisexual flowers (andromonoecious) Grey (C4): species using C4 photosynthesis Orange: flattened flowers Yellow: rectangular flowers Pink: firm fruit clusters Blue: soft fruit clusters Symbols next to names indicate the number of flowers per cluster (❀⇓ fewer than three; ❀⇑ more than three). “C3–C4?” marks species with an unusual type of photosynthesis intermediate between the C3 and C4 types.
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
botsocamerica.bsky.social
Truly the best of both worlds: Merging lineage-specific and universal probe kits to maximize #phylogenomic inference

New in #AppsPlantSci by @luizhhziul.bsky.social, Chatrou, et al

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #phylogenetics #Annonaceae #Angiosperms353 #botany #iamabotanist
The photo on the left shows a hand holding a flowering branch of Asimina obovata. The image fades to the left into a box plot showing the proportional values of gene assembly for genes from the Angiosperms353 panel and genes from the Annonaceae panel (Figure 1B from the article).
September 26, 2024 at 5:17 PM
mossmatters.bsky.social
Interested in target capture sequencing?

@madiraibullock.bsky.social and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more!

Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition!

mossmatters.com/blog/TargetC...
Flyer for Target Capture DNA Sequencing at Texas Tech by the TTU Center for Biotechnology and Genomics. We provide targeted DNA sequencing for $30/sample for Angiosperms353, GoFLAG408, and other probe sets. Funds from our service go to fund a graduate student who is running the samples. We can use as little as 100 ng of DNA in 30 uL and provide at least 1 million reads per sample from a NovaSeq6000 SP 2x250 Illumina sequencing. For more information and the full text of this flyer, visit mossmatters.com/blog/TargetCaptureService.html
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
phypapers.bsky.social
An updated phylogeny of Boraginales based on the Angiosperms353 probe set: a roadmap for understanding morphological evolution https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40205795/
April 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
timboeh.bsky.social
🎉 Say hi to Prosa fruticosa!
First #Angiosperms353 phylogeny of #Loasaceae + SEM cracked open Huidobria—turns out it’s two lineages in disguise.
Morphology & molecules agree: it’s genus-splitting time.
➡️ doi.org/10.1002/tax....
#Phylogenomics #Taxonomy #PlantSystematics
April 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
annbot.bsky.social
🌱The Angiosperms353 probe set proved incredibly powerful. This study lays the foundation for deeper morphological studies, promising new insights into the macroevolutionary trajectories of Boraginales. (8/8)

👉 doi.org/pgvm

#PlantScience #Botany #Boraginales
An updated phylogeny of Boraginales based on the Angiosperms353 probe set: a roadmap for understanding morphological evolution
AbstractBackground and Aims. Boraginales, a subcosmopolitan order with ~2,700 species in currently 11 families, has seen fluctuating classification at the
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April 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
annbot.bsky.social
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: An updated phylogeny of Boraginales based on the Angiosperms353 probe set: a roadmap for understanding morphological evolution
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
May 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
annbot.bsky.social
🧬 DNA sequencing with the Angiosperms353 probe kit tested these morpho-groups, revealing genetic distinctions. This integrative approach combines morphology and molecular data for robust taxonomic decisions. (4/8)
November 27, 2024 at 12:31 PM
phypapers.bsky.social
Disentangling a "Big Genus"; Unwinding Ipomoeeae s.l. (Convolvulaceae) Using Angiosperms353-Guided Classical Phylogenetic Approach https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41140070/
October 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
annbot.bsky.social
🌿Check the newly published article ‘An updated phylogeny of Boraginales based on the Angiosperms353 probe set: a roadmap for understanding morphological evolution’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Maria-Anna Vasile et al.🧵(1/8)

👉 doi.org/pgvm

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An updated phylogeny of Boraginales based on the Angiosperms353 probe set: a roadmap for understanding morphological evolution
April 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
botsocamerica.bsky.social
In July, we celebrated a milestone — our 49th & 50th #BSASpotlights!

Get to know our first July Spotlight, Kiona A. Leeman a grad student from the Univ of Wisc - La Crosse. Learn about what she is studying and how she came to choose botany for her career.

botany.org/home/careers...

#IamaBotanist
BSA Spotlight Series graphic featuring Kiona A. Leeman, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, smiling in a grassy field while wearing glasses, a green cap, and a black tank top. Text highlights her research on the evolutionary history of Aphyllon, a genus of achlorophyllous holoparasites, using target capture with the Angiosperms353 probe kit to resolve species complexes, investigate hybridization, and include newly described species in genetic analyses.
August 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
annbot.bsky.social
🔍 They used target enrichment with two bait sets, the standard Angiosperms353 and a custom-designed Salicornieae bait set (nicknamed Salibaits). This allowed them to capture hundreds of nuclear genes to build phylogenetic trees with improved resolution. (4/8)
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
asimresearcher.bsky.social
Exploring the potential of Angiosperms353 markers for species identification of Eastern Mediterranean orchids https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40288704/
April 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
mossmatters.bsky.social
New in Nature - a phylogeny of over 10,000 species (all families, 58% of genera) inferred using Angiosperms353!

We've been calling this the "Big Tree" paper for years and I'm glad to see it in print - fantastic work by the Kew PAFTOL team and many others!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms - Nature
Phylogenomic analysis of 7,923 angiosperm species using a standardized set of 353 nuclear genes produced an angiosperm tree of life dated with 200 fossil calibrations, providing key insights into...
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April 24, 2024 at 4:35 PM
mossmatters.bsky.social
Q: What will you sequence with all those Angiosperms353 reagents?

A: Yes.

Let the SUMMER OF HYBSEQ begin!
Three boxes of reagents from Arbor Biosciences, used for Angiosperms353 sequencing
May 23, 2024 at 11:03 PM
botsocamerica.bsky.social
Toward a phylogenomic classification of #magnoliids

New #AJB research by Andrew Helmstetter, Zacky Ezedin, Elton John de Lírio, Sylvia de Oliveira, Lars Chatrou, Roy Erkens, Isabel Larridon, @hsauquet.bsky.social et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantsciences #Angiosperms353 #phylogenomics
Phylogenomic tree and classification of magnoliids, with photographs of representative species.
January 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
botsocamerica.bsky.social
Improving plant DNA #metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and #Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

New in #AppsPlantSci by Benkendorf, @sophietaddeo.bsky.social, Fant et al

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #PlantScience #herbaria #ecology
A queen bumble bee (Bombus bifarius) foraging on a pale green and white Frasera speciosa flower, with her proboscis extended into a nectary. Her orange pollen basket is prominently visible on her hind leg. Photo credit: Jane Ogilvie.
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
phypapers.bsky.social
Disentangling a "Big Genus"; Unwinding Ipomoeeae s.l. (Convolvulaceae) Using Angiosperms353-Guided Classical Phylogenetic Approach https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41140070/
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
phypapers.bsky.social
Disentangling a "Big Genus"; Unwinding Ipomoeeae s.l. (Convolvulaceae) Using Angiosperms353-Guided Classical Phylogenetic Approach https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41140070/
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
hsauquet.bsky.social
We used #Angiosperms353 to revisit the phylogeny of one of the most bizarre and fascinating group of flowering plants, exploring the impact of multiple strategies to filter and analyse data, and provide an updated phylogenetic classification for the 21 families down to subfamllies and tribes.
January 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
annbot.bsky.social
🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online

🍇 Crop physiology & agrivoltaics
🌱 Seeds, dispersal & regeneration
🌿 Conservation & bryophyte research
💮 Plant reproduction & organ development
🌍 Climate change, stressors & adaptation
🧬 Phylogeny, evolution & invasions

New issue👉 botany.fyi/990lv4
The cover image features a volume rendering reconstructed from an X-ray microcomputed tomography scan, depicting the glochidiate, epizoochorous, eremocarpic fruit of the widespread Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort. Boraginales exhibit remarkable diversity in fruit morphology, ranging from dehiscent capsules to various indehiscent fruits, with dispersal units differing in seed and pericarp integration (e.g., mericarpids, endomericarpids). In this issue, Vasile et al. focus on the systematics of Boraginales using the Angiosperms353 probe set and anatomical and ontogenetic data of fruits. The rendering was created using Dragonfly version 2022.1. [See Vasile et al., pp. 77—97.] (Image credit: Maria-Anna Vasile. Copyright: Bonn Institute of Organismic Biology.)
September 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
annbot.bsky.social
🌍 Boraginales, a diverse order of ~2,700 species, has long puzzled botanists with shifting classifications. Now, this study uses Angiosperms353 phylogenomics + fruit & flower traits to propose a clearer family-level structure. (2/8)
Figure showing morphological diversity in Boraginales. (A) Codonaceae (Codon royenii L.). (B) Wellstediaceae (Wellstedia cf. dinteri Pilg, Namibia, Ugor via iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194363877 CC-BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). (C-N) Boraginaceae. (C) Echiochiloideae (Echiochilon fruticosum Desf., xx-0-BONN-15043). (D) Boragineae (Anchusa azurea Mill., Greece). (E) Lithospermeae (Echium arenarium Guss., Greece). (F) Lithospermeae (Cerinthe major L., Greece). (G) Trichodesmeae (Trichodesma boissieri Post, JO-0-BONN-35154). (H) Omphalodeae (Omphalodes nitida (Willd.) Hoffmanns. & Link, xx-0-BONN-14659). (I) Rochelieae, Eritrichiinae (Lappula consanguinea (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Gürke., xx-0-BONN-39580). (J) Myosotideae (Trigonotis formosana Hayata, xx-0-BONN 29917). (K) Cynoglossinae (Cynoglossum creticum Mill., Greece). (L) Cynoglossinae (Lindelofia longiflora (DC.) Baill. xx-0-BONN-27824).
April 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
annbot.bsky.social
🎉🆕📰🎉: An updated phylogeny of Boraginales based on the Angiosperms353 probe set: a roadmap for understanding morphological evolution
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM