Update (4-Dec-2018): We have the pleasure of being joined by lead author Dr. Diego Morales-Briones at our upcoming meeting!
Hello Everyone,
Our final #PlantChat meeting of 2018 is on Thur December 13th at 7pm (ET).
We will be discussing a recent paper that explores different sources of incongruence in the Neotropical Rosaceae genus Lachemilla (Morales-Briones et al. 2018). This paper uses phylogenomics and multiple species tree and species network analyses to resolve the backbone relationships of the genus and reconstruct its reticulate evolutionary history.
Best wishes,
Dr. Warren Cardinal-McTeague
#PlantChat Coordinator
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Citation: Morales-Briones et al. (2018). Phylogenomic analyses reveal a deep history of hybridization and polyploidy in the Neotropical genus Lachemilla (Rosaceae). New Phytologist 218: 1668-1684. (https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15099)

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