A possible case of adaptive radiation in cycads. A commentary on 'Transcriptome sequencing data provide a solid base to understand the phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and reticulated evolution of the genus Zamia L. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae)'

José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega; Juan Carlos Villarreal A

doi:10.1093/aob/mcae110

A possible case of adaptive radiation in cycads. A commentary on 'Transcriptome sequencing data provide a solid base to understand the phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and reticulated evolution of the genus Zamia L. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae)'

Ann Bot. 2024 Nov 13;134(5):i-ii. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcae110.

Authors

José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega¹, Juan Carlos Villarreal A²

Affiliations

¹ RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
² Department of Biology, Université Laval, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada.

PMID: 39137143
PMCID: PMC11560363 (available on 2025-08-13)
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcae110

Abstract

This article comments on:

Anders Lindstrom, Sadaf Habib, Shanshan Dong, Yiqing Gong, Jian Liu, Michael Calonje, Dennis Stevenson and Shouzhou Zhang, Transcriptome sequencing data provide a solid base to understand the phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and reticulated evolution of the genus Zamia L. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae), Annals of Botany, Volume 134, Issue 5, 1 November 2024, Pages 747–768 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae065

Keywords: Zamia pseudoparasitica; Neotropics; phylogenetics; phylotranscriptomics; speciation.

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