Mastodawn

🪸#ClimateChange has created a conservation crisis for #coral #reef #ecosystems.
🔍Zhang et al. use an integrative #phylogenetic and #morphological approach to provide a #taxonomic basis for future #conservation strategies.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70062
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charring auh 4d ago

this information is combined together into one #phylogenetic tree that shows which species are more closely related and which are less the overall shape of the tree and the timing of when species branched off from another one help tell the story of that group past

Stefan F. Wirth Feb 22

RE: https://mastodon.green/@plazi_species/116103658450230777

An interesting scientific paper on #Gilliesieae (#Amaryllidaceae), which have a limited distribution in #Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. The authors N. García and Miersia (2026) describe four #newspecies of genera #Gilliesia and #Miersia. All species are found only in specific regions of Chile and are therefore #endemic. The authors also amplified and sequenced #DNA sequences to reconstruct the #phylogenetic positions of the new species. #Biodiversityresearch
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J of Systematics and Evolution Dec 1

#Magnolia spp. are highly valuable in #phylogenetic and #conservation #biology studies.
Zhou et al. use chromosome-level #genome assembly of endangered M. sinostellata to explore its #evolution, cold resistance, and terpenoid biosynthesis.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70025
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Giuseppe Michieli Nov 11

Preplanned Studies: #Phylogenetic and #Molecular Characteristics of An #H3N8 Avian #Influenza Virus Detected in Wild #Birds — #Beijing, #China, September 2024, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/11/preplanned-studies-phylogenetic-and.html

Preplanned Studies: #Phylogenetic and #Molecular Characteristics of An #H3N8 Avian #Influenza Virus Detected in Wild #Birds — #Beijing, #China, September 2024

J of Systematics and Evolution Oct 26

Trichosporeae is the most #species-rich, systemically complex, and #morphologically diverse tribe in the Old World Gesneriaceae. Liu et al. report 5 new genera based on molecular #phylogenetic and #morphological evidence.

💐https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70022

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#systematics #botany #evolution

J of Systematics and Evolution Oct 9

Using an integrative approach combining #molecular, cytogenetic, #phylogenetic, and #morphological #data, Le-Le He and Bao-Zhen Hua reveal generic paraphyly and #chromosome #evolution in Bittacidae.

🔎 https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70019

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#JSE #insect #scorpionfly

grimmiges Oct 8

Took a while, but finally out:

Pruning the Tree: Comparing #OTUs and #ASVs in High-Throughput Sequencing of 5S-IGS Nuclear Ribosomal DNA in #Phylogenetic Studies

How to reduced 100ks of reads down to the 100 really needed, a comparison between #Mothur and #dada2 pipelines using our nigh-#reticulate #beech dataset as test subject

https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72242

aflands Sep 13, 2025

trying out #strudel integration as a sequencing unit in the #phylogenetic #tree viewer at phylogeny.synth.is :

https://video.synth.is/phylosequencing/2025-08-18-00-02-00/

synth.is Strudel live coding integration

- at https://phylogeny.synth.is - based on Strudel.cc

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J of Systematics and Evolution Jul 17, 2025

#Evolution studies on non-model #plants are hindered by #cost and lack of #data. Song et al. show the potential value of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data to create robust #phylogenetic frameworks for study.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13189
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#systematics #PlantSci #JSE #botany