Asteraceae as a model system for evolutionary studies: from fossils to genomes

With c. 24 700 species (10% of all flowering plants), Asteraceae are one of the largest and most phenotypically diverse angiosperm families, with considerable economic and ecological importance. Asteraceae are distributed worldwide, from nearly polar latitudes all the way to the tropics, and occur a...

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Published in:Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
Main Authors: Palazzesi, Luis, Pellicer, Jaume, Barreda, Viviana D., Loeuille, Benoît, Mandel, Jennifer R., Pokorny, Lisa, Siniscalchi, Carolina M., Cristina Tellería, M., Leitch, Ilia J., Hidalgo, Oriane
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: University of Memphis Digital Commons 2022
Subjects:
biogeography
Compositae
fossil record
genome size
phylogenomics
Biology
Tundra
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/facpubs/17338
https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac032
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Summary:With c. 24 700 species (10% of all flowering plants), Asteraceae are one of the largest and most phenotypically diverse angiosperm families, with considerable economic and ecological importance. Asteraceae are distributed worldwide, from nearly polar latitudes all the way to the tropics, and occur across a diverse range of habitats from extreme deserts to swamps and from lowland rainforests to alpine tundra. Altogether, these characteristics make this family an outstanding model system to address a broad range of eco-evolutionary questions. In this review, we summarize recent progress in our understanding of Asteraceae on the basis of joint efforts by specialists in the fields of palaeobotany, cytogenetics, comparative genomics and phylogenomics. We will highlight how these developments are opening up new possibilities for integrating fields and better comprehending evolution beyond Asteraceae.

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