A queen bumble bee (Bombus bifarius) foraging on a pale green and white Frasera speciosa flower, with her proboscis extended into a nectary. Her orange pollen basket is prominently visible on her hind leg. Photo credit: Jane Ogilvie.

Improving plant DNA #metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and #Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

New in #AppsPlantSci by Benkendorf, @sophietaddeo.bsky.social, Fant et al

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #PlantScience #herbaria #ecology

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First #Angiosperms353 phylogeny of #Loasaceae + SEM cracked open Huidobria—turns out it’s two lineages in disguise.
Morphology & molecules agree: it’s genus-splitting time.
➡️ doi.org/10.1002/tax....
#Phylogenomics #Taxonomy #PlantSystematics

We used #Angiosperms353 to revisit the phylogeny of one of the most bizarre and fascinating group of flowering plants, exploring the impact of multiple strategies to filter and analyse data, and provide an updated phylogenetic classification for the 21 families down to subfamllies and tribes.

Phylogenomic tree and classification of magnoliids, with photographs of representative species.

Toward a phylogenomic classification of #magnoliids

New #AJB research by Andrew Helmstetter, Zacky Ezedin, Elton John de Lírio, Sylvia de Oliveira, Lars Chatrou, Roy Erkens, Isabel Larridon, @hsauquet.bsky.social et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantsciences #Angiosperms353 #phylogenomics

Comparison of genomic relatedness computed with SNPs identified based on Angiosperms353 and DArTseq SNPs in 20 individuals belonging to Cordia africana. (Left) A heatmap showing pairwise genomic relatedness based on the Angiosperms353-based SNPs in the upper diagonal and the DArTseq SNPs in the lower diagonal. (Right) A graph showing the correlation between the genomic relatedness values computed with the two sets of SNPs.

From #phylogenomics to breeding: Can universal target capture probes be used in the development of SNP markers for kinship analysis?

New in #AppsPlantSci by Kedra Ousmael & Ole Hansen

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #Angiosperms353 #iamabotanist

The photo on the left shows a hand holding a flowering branch of Asimina obovata. The image fades to the left into a box plot showing the proportional values of gene assembly for genes from the Angiosperms353 panel and genes from the Annonaceae panel (Figure 1B from the article).

Truly the best of both worlds: Merging lineage-specific and universal probe kits to maximize #phylogenomic inference

New in #AppsPlantSci by @luizhhziul.bsky.social, Chatrou, et al

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #phylogenetics #Annonaceae #Angiosperms353 #botany #iamabotanist