Min Deng

TL;DR: This chapter proposes an updated classification of Quercus recognising two subgenera with eight sections, and considers morphological traits, molecular-phylogenetic relationships, and the evolutionary history of one of the most important temperate woody plant genera.

TL;DR: This study utilizes fossil data and restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) for 632 individuals representing nearly 250 Quercus species to infer a time-calibrated phylogeny of the world's oaks and test the hypothesis that there are regions of the oak genome that are broadly informative about phylogeny.

TL;DR: Comparisons of interaction patterns and expression profiles of CBL and CIPK in Arabidospsis, canola and rice highlight functional differences and the necessity to study CBL-CIPK gene functions in canola.

TL;DR: Biogeographical reconstructions indicate that the wide northern hemisphere distribution of Quercus was disrupted in the Late Eocene, leading to the main extant groups at about 33 Ma, highlighting the importance of climatic changes and Indo-Eurasian collision-induced tectonic activities from the Neogene onward to the spatial-temporal diversification patterns of Asian EBLF lineages.