🍿The origin of the #maize ear has been fiercely debated for more than a century.
🌽Using historical accounts and recent advances regarding maize domestication, Yu et al. propose a model for the origin of maize ear.
🦄 https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70035
@WileyEcology
#AgTech #CropSci

Yu et al. combine #ecology-based #genomic evidence and #gene flow analysis in Tricholoma to reveal new insights into the speciation and evolutionary mechanisms of symbiotic #fungi.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70006 @WileyEcolEvol #ectomycorrhizae #PlantSci #forestry #botany

#BodySize has important #conservation implications for terrestrial vertebrates.
Comprehensive analysis of body size data by Guo et al. supports Bergmann's rule relating body size changes to variation in temperature gradients.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70038
@WileyEcology
#JSE #evolution

🏔️The unique alpine #biodiversity of the HKH is highly sensitive to #ClimateChange.
🌊Understanding how #environmental gradients shape riverine #biodiversity can inform adaptive #conservation strategies.
🎉https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70049
@WileyEcology
#PlantSci #JSE #ecology #evolution

Looking for collected research on #evolution, #systematics, #EvoDevo, #biodiversity, and more? Check out our collections! www.jse.ac.cn/EN/collections

🏔️The Qinling-Daba Mountains represent a critical #ecological transition zone.
🔎Comparative #phylogeography reveals it was a key dispersal corridor for three Oriental Palaeartic megalopteran species.
🔓 https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70056
@WileyEcology
#PlantSci #JSE #ecology #evolution

🪸#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
@WileyEcology

Atolwa et al. reveal insights into tribe Euphorbieae's global “out of Africa” distribution pattern and help us understand the role of key innovations and climatic shifts in #plant diversification.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70064
@WileyEcology
#PlantSci #JSE #evolution #climate #botany