Dorset W. Trapnell

TL;DR: A sequence capture methodology was used to collect data for analyses of diversification within Sabal, a palm genus native to the south-eastern USA, Caribbean, Bermuda and Central America, validating a high-throughput methodology for generating a large number of genes for coalescence-based phylogenetic analyses in plant lineages.

TL;DR: High levels of genetic diversity, high genotypic diversity and low among‐population variation were found and this result is likely due to the formation of discrete clusters by vegetative reproduction, as well as the establishment of sexually derived progeny within and near maternal clusters.

TL;DR: Patterns of genetic relatedness among plants in recently colonized populations provide insights into the role of seed dispersal in population colonization and expansion and application of combinations of these approaches provides additional insights.

TL;DR: Investigating the contributions of pollen and seed movement to overall gene flow in the Central American epiphytic orchid, Laelia rubescens, finds it appears capable of distributing its genes across the anthropogenically altered landscape that now characterizes its Costa Rican dry forest habitat.

TL;DR: Allozyme genetic markers were used to examine mating patterns and to directly measure pollen flow in the Central American epiphytic orchid, Laelia rubescens, to predict the occurrence of greater gene flow between low‐density populations occupying undisturbed habitats.