Ramhari Thapa

TL;DR: This study places the origin of Asteraceae at ∼83 MYA in the late Cretaceous and reveals that the family underwent a series of explosive radiations during the Eocene which were accompanied by accelerations in diversification rates.

TL;DR: A phylogenomics approach using Hyb‐Seq that includes sequencing ∼1000 low‐copy number nuclear markers, plus partial plastomes for large numbers of species, and future plans for incorporating high‐quality reference genomes and transcriptomes to advance systematic and evolutionary studies in the Compositae are discussed.

TL;DR: The Astereaceae Hyb‐Seq probe set is applicable at multiple taxonomic depths, which demonstrates that probe sets do not necessarily need to be lineage‐specific, and influenced resolution and topologies inferred in phylogenetic analyses.

TL;DR: A phylogenetic reconstruction of the 31 sexually-reproducing Antennaria species using a novel target enrichment method and analysis of ancestral state reconstruction of 12 taxonomically important morphological characters elucidated patterns of character evolution throughout the genus provide a framework for future evolutionary studies ofAntennaria, including speciation, origin of polyploidy, and agamospermy in the genus.

TL;DR: These microsatellite markers developed from A. corymbosa are promising tools to study the population genetics of sexual Antennaria species and to investigate interspecific gene flow, clonal diversity, and parentage ofAntennaria polyploid agamic complexes.