🔬 Alistair Hockey (UWA) investigates post-zygotic barriers in Cicer echinospermum using cytogenetics & bioinformatics.
Understanding genetic factors mediating gene flow & evolutionary change in legumes.
#Genomics #PlantEvolution
bit.ly/4oq3IC7
Understanding genetic factors mediating gene flow & evolutionary change in legumes.
#Genomics #PlantEvolution
bit.ly/4oq3IC7
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🔬 Alistair Hockey (UWA) investigates post-zygotic barriers in Cicer echinospermum using cytogenetics & bioinformatics.
Understanding genetic factors mediating gene flow & evolutionary change in legumes.
#Genomics #PlantEvolution
bit.ly/4oq3IC7
Understanding genetic factors mediating gene flow & evolutionary change in legumes.
#Genomics #PlantEvolution
bit.ly/4oq3IC7
#MPB
Study reveals how environmental stress shapes geo-herbalism in Atractylodes lancea, a Dao-di herb. High temp & nutrient stress drive its unique traits & quality.
Details: https://maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/mpb-0025-0021
#TCM #PlantEvolution
Study reveals how environmental stress shapes geo-herbalism in Atractylodes lancea, a Dao-di herb. High temp & nutrient stress drive its unique traits & quality.
Details: https://maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/mpb-0025-0021
#TCM #PlantEvolution
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#MPB
Study reveals how environmental stress shapes geo-herbalism in Atractylodes lancea, a Dao-di herb. High temp & nutrient stress drive its unique traits & quality.
Details: https://maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/mpb-0025-0021
#TCM #PlantEvolution
Study reveals how environmental stress shapes geo-herbalism in Atractylodes lancea, a Dao-di herb. High temp & nutrient stress drive its unique traits & quality.
Details: https://maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/mpb-0025-0021
#TCM #PlantEvolution
🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Evolutionary history of Australian samphires (Salicornieae, Amaranthaceae)’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Anže Žerdoner Čalasan and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/8)
👉 doi.org/qbtw
#AoBpapers #PlantEvolution #Phylogenomics #PlantSystematics
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#AoBpapers #PlantEvolution #Phylogenomics #PlantSystematics
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Evolutionary history of Australian samphires (Salicornieae, Amaranthaceae)’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Anže Žerdoner Čalasan and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/8)
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#AoBpapers #PlantEvolution #Phylogenomics #PlantSystematics
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#AoBpapers #PlantEvolution #Phylogenomics #PlantSystematics
🎉 Good news! The paper ‘Morphological innovation and lineage-specific history drive disparification in the aggregated pollen of mimosoid plants’ in @annbot.bsky.social by @barduzzi-rafael.bsky.social and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9)
👉 doi.org/p9gm
#PlantEvolution #AoBpapers
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#PlantEvolution #AoBpapers
October 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🎉 Good news! The paper ‘Morphological innovation and lineage-specific history drive disparification in the aggregated pollen of mimosoid plants’ in @annbot.bsky.social by @barduzzi-rafael.bsky.social and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9)
👉 doi.org/p9gm
#PlantEvolution #AoBpapers
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#PlantEvolution #AoBpapers
🌿The study shows that even within a highly specialized pollination system, sexual deception can be remarkably flexible. (9/9)
👉 doi.org/p83g
#OrchidPollination #SexualDeception #PlantEvolution #AoBpapers #PlantScience
👉 doi.org/p83g
#OrchidPollination #SexualDeception #PlantEvolution #AoBpapers #PlantScience
Sexually deceptive orchids with distinct flower morphologies elicit different behaviours from a shared pollinator
AbstractBackground and Aims. Pollination by sexual deception is one of the most specialised pollination strategies among angiosperms, with co-occurring pla
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🌿The study shows that even within a highly specialized pollination system, sexual deception can be remarkably flexible. (9/9)
👉 doi.org/p83g
#OrchidPollination #SexualDeception #PlantEvolution #AoBpapers #PlantScience
👉 doi.org/p83g
#OrchidPollination #SexualDeception #PlantEvolution #AoBpapers #PlantScience
This discovery raises questions about how many other plants might be using similar chemical deception strategies that we haven't detected yet.
#PlantEvolution #Pollination #ChemicalMimicry #Evolution #PlantScience #Research
#PlantEvolution #Pollination #ChemicalMimicry #Evolution #PlantScience #Research
September 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This discovery raises questions about how many other plants might be using similar chemical deception strategies that we haven't detected yet.
#PlantEvolution #Pollination #ChemicalMimicry #Evolution #PlantScience #Research
#PlantEvolution #Pollination #ChemicalMimicry #Evolution #PlantScience #Research
🌦️But why did some groups spread and others disappear during the Neogene? The study points to possible links with changing monsoon climates, but the full story remains a mystery waiting to be uncovered. (6/6)
👉 doi.org/p6mt
#Biogeography #TropicalForests #PlantEvolution #Paleobotany #AoBpapers
👉 doi.org/p6mt
#Biogeography #TropicalForests #PlantEvolution #Paleobotany #AoBpapers
Persistence of Gondwanan woods in Myanmar through the Palaeogene
AbstractBackground and Aims. Many plant taxa of the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia have been proposed to have Gondwanan ancestors. One signif
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September 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🌦️But why did some groups spread and others disappear during the Neogene? The study points to possible links with changing monsoon climates, but the full story remains a mystery waiting to be uncovered. (6/6)
👉 doi.org/p6mt
#Biogeography #TropicalForests #PlantEvolution #Paleobotany #AoBpapers
👉 doi.org/p6mt
#Biogeography #TropicalForests #PlantEvolution #Paleobotany #AoBpapers
Frequent Volcano Eruptions Can Wipe Out Plant Species, But Also Help Them Evolve and Thrive #Science #EarthSciences #Volcanology #VolcanoEruption #PlantEvolution #Biodiversity
Frequent Volcano Eruptions Can Wipe Out Plant Species, But Also Help Them Evolve and Thrive
Learn more about the volcanic island of Nishinoshima and how its frequent eruptions are helping scientists understand how plant species evolve and thrive.
purescience.news
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Frequent Volcano Eruptions Can Wipe Out Plant Species, But Also Help Them Evolve and Thrive #Science #EarthSciences #Volcanology #VolcanoEruption #PlantEvolution #Biodiversity
Great names fueled by the fact that many of the pioneers of Arabidopsis moved over from Drosophila: e.g., Elliot Meyerwitz, Gerd Jürgens, & Detlef Weigel @PlantEvolution
I don't want to leave out the Arabidopsis/AGO (plant) researchers, either.
They gave us
"Argonaute" (see below)
Hobbit/HBT (shortened roots)
Time for Coffee/TIC (disrupted circadian rhythms)
Napoleon/NAP (shortened stems)
Twisted/TWT1 (twisted leaves, also called 'Twizzler')
They gave us
"Argonaute" (see below)
Hobbit/HBT (shortened roots)
Time for Coffee/TIC (disrupted circadian rhythms)
Napoleon/NAP (shortened stems)
Twisted/TWT1 (twisted leaves, also called 'Twizzler')
Now to our WEIRD PLANT:
French plant geneticists using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) used a chemical mutagen to damage genes, screening the resulting plants for appearance/growth behaviors: 'phenotypes'
They found one that looked like an argonaut octopus.
French plant geneticists using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) used a chemical mutagen to damage genes, screening the resulting plants for appearance/growth behaviors: 'phenotypes'
They found one that looked like an argonaut octopus.
September 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Great names fueled by the fact that many of the pioneers of Arabidopsis moved over from Drosophila: e.g., Elliot Meyerwitz, Gerd Jürgens, & Detlef Weigel @PlantEvolution
🌴This discovery sheds light on how sex chromosomes evolve in plants and shows that evolution can sometimes take the same path twice. (9/9)
👉 doi.org/p5cp
#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers #PlantGenomics
👉 doi.org/p5cp
#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers #PlantGenomics
Convergent evolution of sex chromosomes in two palm species, Phoenix dactylifera and Kerriodoxa elegans
AbstractBackgrounds and Aims. In palms, many dioecious species have emerged from at least 8 independent events; the mechanisms of sex determination remain
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🌴This discovery sheds light on how sex chromosomes evolve in plants and shows that evolution can sometimes take the same path twice. (9/9)
👉 doi.org/p5cp
#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers #PlantGenomics
👉 doi.org/p5cp
#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers #PlantGenomics
🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Convergent evolution of sex chromosomes in two palm species, Phoenix dactylifera and Kerriodoxa elegans’ in @annbot.bsky.social by H. Tessarotto @htessarotto.bsky.social and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9)
👉 doi.org/p5cp
#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers
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#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers
September 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Convergent evolution of sex chromosomes in two palm species, Phoenix dactylifera and Kerriodoxa elegans’ in @annbot.bsky.social by H. Tessarotto @htessarotto.bsky.social and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9)
👉 doi.org/p5cp
#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers
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#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers
Don't forget to submit your abstract for the #EMBO Workshop on #PlantEvolution by August 25th!
Join us @gmivienna.bsky.social in November to discuss all things #plantevodevo
Please spread the word! 🙏🦠🌱
#algae #bryophytes #nonseedplants #terrestrialization
Join us @gmivienna.bsky.social in November to discuss all things #plantevodevo
Please spread the word! 🙏🦠🌱
#algae #bryophytes #nonseedplants #terrestrialization
The GMI announces a new EMBO workshop titled "Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land" - right here in Vienna. The hybrid event will be held on November 25-27 at the Vienna BioCenter. Register by August 25 at meetings.embo.org/event/25-plant-evolution.
Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land
The evolution of plants – photosynthetic eukaryotes resulting from the endosymbiosis of a cyanobacterium and a non-photosynthetic host cell – transformed the earth system by reducing the amount of CO…
meetings.embo.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Don't forget to submit your abstract for the #EMBO Workshop on #PlantEvolution by August 25th!
Join us @gmivienna.bsky.social in November to discuss all things #plantevodevo
Please spread the word! 🙏🦠🌱
#algae #bryophytes #nonseedplants #terrestrialization
Join us @gmivienna.bsky.social in November to discuss all things #plantevodevo
Please spread the word! 🙏🦠🌱
#algae #bryophytes #nonseedplants #terrestrialization
New research published in Cell reveals that modern potatoes are the result of a rare natural hybridization event 8–9 million years ago between ancestral wild tomatoes and a lesser-known plant group called Etuberosum.
#PotatoOrigin #PlantEvolution #TomatoGenetics #Hybridization #AgricultureScience
#PotatoOrigin #PlantEvolution #TomatoGenetics #Hybridization #AgricultureScience
August 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New research published in Cell reveals that modern potatoes are the result of a rare natural hybridization event 8–9 million years ago between ancestral wild tomatoes and a lesser-known plant group called Etuberosum.
#PotatoOrigin #PlantEvolution #TomatoGenetics #Hybridization #AgricultureScience
#PotatoOrigin #PlantEvolution #TomatoGenetics #Hybridization #AgricultureScience
Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes. #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #Tomatoes #Potatoes #PlantEvolution
Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes.
Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.
purescience.news
August 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes. #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #Tomatoes #Potatoes #PlantEvolution
How the Potato Got Its Start Nine Million Years Ago—Thanks to a Tomato #Science #Biology #Botany #PotatoOrigins #PlantEvolution #AgriculturalHistory
How the Potato Got Its Start Nine Million Years Ago—Thanks to a Tomato
About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the modern-day cultivated potato
purescience.news
July 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
How the Potato Got Its Start Nine Million Years Ago—Thanks to a Tomato #Science #Biology #Botany #PotatoOrigins #PlantEvolution #AgriculturalHistory
New research reveals that the modern potato originated from a natural hybridization event with tomato-like plants in South America 9 million years ago, highlighting the complexities of plant evolution. 🌱🔍 Link: https://tinyurl.com/255xdzge #PlantEvolution #Biodiversity #BotanyResearch
July 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New research reveals that the modern potato originated from a natural hybridization event with tomato-like plants in South America 9 million years ago, highlighting the complexities of plant evolution. 🌱🔍 Link: https://tinyurl.com/255xdzge #PlantEvolution #Biodiversity #BotanyResearch
🔦New Review:
Ferreira-Guerra @ana-cano-delgado.bsky.social et al. shine light on the canonical sterol biosynthesis pathway during algae and #PlantEvolution, revealing duplications and divergence of enzymes involved in the final steps of this pathway in #bryophytes
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
Ferreira-Guerra @ana-cano-delgado.bsky.social et al. shine light on the canonical sterol biosynthesis pathway during algae and #PlantEvolution, revealing duplications and divergence of enzymes involved in the final steps of this pathway in #bryophytes
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
July 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🔦New Review:
Ferreira-Guerra @ana-cano-delgado.bsky.social et al. shine light on the canonical sterol biosynthesis pathway during algae and #PlantEvolution, revealing duplications and divergence of enzymes involved in the final steps of this pathway in #bryophytes
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
Ferreira-Guerra @ana-cano-delgado.bsky.social et al. shine light on the canonical sterol biosynthesis pathway during algae and #PlantEvolution, revealing duplications and divergence of enzymes involved in the final steps of this pathway in #bryophytes
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
🌱 Don’t miss the “Evolutionary history of the Gnetales” symposium at #Botany2025 on July 29 at 8 am, and meet Cecilia, one of the chairs! (8/8)
#PlantScience #Botany #Gnetales #PlantEvolution
#PlantScience #Botany #Gnetales #PlantEvolution
July 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🌱 Don’t miss the “Evolutionary history of the Gnetales” symposium at #Botany2025 on July 29 at 8 am, and meet Cecilia, one of the chairs! (8/8)
#PlantScience #Botany #Gnetales #PlantEvolution
#PlantScience #Botany #Gnetales #PlantEvolution
🪵Tree bark does more than resist fire it's key to storage and structural support!
New research reveals how bark allocation shifts with wood porosity, shedding light on evolutionary strategies. 🌳
🔍 Read more:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#TreeAnatomy #PlantEvolution #Forestryresearch
🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
New research reveals how bark allocation shifts with wood porosity, shedding light on evolutionary strategies. 🌳
🔍 Read more:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#TreeAnatomy #PlantEvolution #Forestryresearch
🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
July 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🪵Tree bark does more than resist fire it's key to storage and structural support!
New research reveals how bark allocation shifts with wood porosity, shedding light on evolutionary strategies. 🌳
🔍 Read more:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#TreeAnatomy #PlantEvolution #Forestryresearch
🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
New research reveals how bark allocation shifts with wood porosity, shedding light on evolutionary strategies. 🌳
🔍 Read more:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#TreeAnatomy #PlantEvolution #Forestryresearch
🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
Big news in plant evolution! 🌿 Our recent paper in New Phytologist reveals how embryo size in seeds underwent major evolutionary shifts early in angiosperm history, often linked to major climate events! #PlantEvolution #SeedScience #PaleoClimate Read it here:
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Major shifts in embryo size occurred early in the evolutionary history of angiosperms
Seeds are the main dispersal and propagation units of angiosperms. Examining the relative allocation of seed reserves by quantifying the relative embryo size (ES) at dispersal (i.e. size of the em...
doi.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Big news in plant evolution! 🌿 Our recent paper in New Phytologist reveals how embryo size in seeds underwent major evolutionary shifts early in angiosperm history, often linked to major climate events! #PlantEvolution #SeedScience #PaleoClimate Read it here:
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Then the discussion took an unexpected turn... to trees! 🌳🌲 The 'weirdness' of plant evolution became a whole theme, showing how diverse and strange tree history and form can be, far from our common perception. #PlantEvolution 5/6
July 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Then the discussion took an unexpected turn... to trees! 🌳🌲 The 'weirdness' of plant evolution became a whole theme, showing how diverse and strange tree history and form can be, far from our common perception. #PlantEvolution 5/6
Flower clades and fruit clades: trade-offs in color diversification across angiosperms
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
#FlowerPigmentation #PlantEvolution
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
#FlowerPigmentation #PlantEvolution
Flower clades and fruit clades: trade-offs in color diversification across angiosperms
PREMISE: Flowers and fruits are two major phases of plant reproduction which often use colorful signals to attract animal mutualists. Fleshy fruits develop from the ovaries of flowers, and both organs...
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Flower clades and fruit clades: trade-offs in color diversification across angiosperms
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
#FlowerPigmentation #PlantEvolution
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Genetic factors explaining anthocyanin pigmentation differences
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
#FlowerPigmentation #PlantEvolution
🔔 This Monday, June 23rd at 12:00 CEST:
🌱 Target Capture Sequencing Approaches to the Study of Plant Evolution
Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/0wfzw_N...
#TargetCapture #Genomics #PlantEvolution #Hyb-Seq #evolutionarygenomics #biodiversity #research #researchseminar @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
🌱 Target Capture Sequencing Approaches to the Study of Plant Evolution
Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/0wfzw_N...
#TargetCapture #Genomics #PlantEvolution #Hyb-Seq #evolutionarygenomics #biodiversity #research #researchseminar @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🔔 This Monday, June 23rd at 12:00 CEST:
🌱 Target Capture Sequencing Approaches to the Study of Plant Evolution
Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/0wfzw_N...
#TargetCapture #Genomics #PlantEvolution #Hyb-Seq #evolutionarygenomics #biodiversity #research #researchseminar @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
🌱 Target Capture Sequencing Approaches to the Study of Plant Evolution
Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/0wfzw_N...
#TargetCapture #Genomics #PlantEvolution #Hyb-Seq #evolutionarygenomics #biodiversity #research #researchseminar @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
➡️ #ERGASeminar on Monday: Target capture sequencing approaches to the study of plant evolution 🌱
🌱 Don’t miss the talks by Lisa Pokorny & Pol Fernández Mató!
@csic.es @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @calyptrochaeta.bsky.social #RJB_CSIC #genomics #plantevolution
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/target-...
🌱 Don’t miss the talks by Lisa Pokorny & Pol Fernández Mató!
@csic.es @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @calyptrochaeta.bsky.social #RJB_CSIC #genomics #plantevolution
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/target-...
Target capture sequencing approaches to the study of plant evolution
This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature two talks on the use of target capture sequencing to study plant evolution. Learn more about these exciting presentations by Li...
www.erga-biodiversity.eu
June 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
➡️ #ERGASeminar on Monday: Target capture sequencing approaches to the study of plant evolution 🌱
🌱 Don’t miss the talks by Lisa Pokorny & Pol Fernández Mató!
@csic.es @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @calyptrochaeta.bsky.social #RJB_CSIC #genomics #plantevolution
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/target-...
🌱 Don’t miss the talks by Lisa Pokorny & Pol Fernández Mató!
@csic.es @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @calyptrochaeta.bsky.social #RJB_CSIC #genomics #plantevolution
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/target-...