Drew, B. T., B. R. Ruhfel, S. A. Smith, M. J. Moore, B. G. Briggs, M. A. Gitzendanner, P. S. Soltis, and D. E. Soltis. 2014. Another Look at the Root of the Angiosperms Reveals a Familiar Tale. Syst Biol 63:368–382. [Link to article]
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Vergara, R., M. A. Gitzendanner, D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 2014. Population genetic structure, genetic diversity, and natural history of the South American species of Nothofagus subgenus Lophozonia (Nothofagaceae) inferred from nuclear microsatellite data. Ecol Evol 4:2450–2471. [Link to article]
Soltis, D. E., M. C. Segovia-Salcedo, I. Jordon-Thaden, L. Majure, N. M. Miles, E. V. Mavrodiev, W. Mei, M. Beatriz Cortez, P. S. Soltis, and M. A. Gitzendanner. 2014. Are polyploids really evolutionary dead-ends (again)? A critical reappraisal of Mayrose et al. (2011). New Phytol 202:1105–1117. [Link to article]
Soltis, Douglas E., Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Gregory Stull, Michael Chester, Andre Chanderbali, Srikar Chamala, Ingrid Jordon-Thaden, Pamela S. Soltis, Patrick S. Schnable, and W. Brad Barbazuk. 2013. “The Potential of Genomics in Plant Systematics.” Taxon 62 (5): 886–898. Abstract: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized molecular systematics as well as population and conservation genetics. It is […]
Our paper by Greg Stull and others just came out in Applications in Plant Sciences outlining the use of Agilent SureSelect targeted enrichment to facilitate rapid and low-cost next-generation sequencing of many complete plastid genomes from flowering plants. While we only used 24 indexed samples in the paper, we note that hundreds could be done, […]
Our paper outlining how next-generation sequencing can be used in phylogenetics research has just beenpublished in Plant Ecology and Diversity. Grant Godden, Ingrid Jordn-Thaden et al review approaches and considerations that take into consideration the limited budgets of most evolutionary biology labs. Grant T. Godden , Ingrid E. Jordon-Thaden , Srikar Chamala , Andrew A. […]
Xiang, C.-L., M. A. Gitzendanner, D. E. Soltis, H. Peng, L.-G. Lei. 2012. Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic and critically endangered genus Saniculiphyllum (Saxifragaceae) inferred from combined analysis of plastid and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64(2): 357-367. Link to journal. Abstract Saniculiphyllum, a monotypic genus distributed in Southwest China, was thought to […]
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One of the side projects I’ve revisited from time to time is the application of plant DNA analyses in forensics. I’ve done some work on a couple of cases and tried to keep up with the literature. I recently wrote a chapter for David Hall and Jason Byrd’s new book Forensic Botany: A Practical Guide. […]
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We recently published a paper that outlines the patterns of genetic diversity in the highly endangered Ziziphus celata. Over the past several years, we’ve been using microsatellites to study genetic variation in this species that is endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge. In this paper, we present the data that indicate that the species is […]
It used to be that developing microsatellites for a new species was a fairly costly and time consuming prospect. The advent of 454 DNA sequencing has changed that. The relatively long reads of 454 make this platform ideal for microsatellite development. Genomic DNA is sequenced and unassembled reads are run through a script to identify […]