Plant Genetics and Phylogenetics
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 194
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
An average of 2,000 new plant species are described every year, whilst biodiversity loss continues to occur at unprecedented rates. As such a fundamental understanding of plant diversity is becoming ever more crucial, from the genes and genomes that underpin plant functional diversity to the composition and sustainability of plant ecological communities and ecosystems. At this time the revolution in high-throughput sequencing technologies has permitted us to sequence the DNA of crucial plant samples that have hitherto been difficult or prohibitively expensive. This Special Issue focusses on the use of phylogenetics, both as a tool to define and delimit the biodiversity of plants, but also to identify their constituent genomic content, and fully comprehend plant trait and character evolution. The main themes of this Special Issue are as follows: (i) use and integration of high-throughput sequencing approaches to decipher plant diversity from genes to communities; (ii) gene and species diversity through time, using museum and historical plant collections to provide missing links or enhance temporal frameworks; and (iii) using novel phylogenetic characters or methodologies that incorporate multiple data sources in phylogenetic reconstruction.
Prof. Steven Dodsworth
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- High-throughput sequencing
- Whole-genome sequencing
- Hyb-Seq
- RAD-Seq
- Transcriptomics
- Genome skimming
- Phylogenomics
- Phylogenetic signal
- Repetitive DNA
- Diversification
- Character evolution
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