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Orchid conservation: how can we meet the challenges in the twenty-first century? by Fay, Michael F.

“…With c. 28,000 species, orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants, and they are also one of the most threatened, in part due to their complex…”
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Barcoding of Plants and Fungi by Chase, Mark W, Fay, Michael F

“…DNA barcoding enables rapid and accurate identification of species in many groups of organisms, but cannot always distinguish between closely related species…”
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A review of the trade in orchids and its implications for conservation by Hinsley, Amy, de Boer, Hugo J, Fay, Michael F, Gale, Stephan W, Gardiner, Lauren M, Gunasekara, Rajasinghe S, Kumar, Pankaj, Masters, Susanne, Metusala, Destario, Roberts, David L, Veldman, Sarina, Wong, Shan, Phelps, Jacob

“…Abstract Orchids are one of the largest plant families and are commercially traded for a variety of purposes, including as ornamental plants, medicinal…”
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subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae by CHASE, MARK W, REVEAL, JAMES L, FAY, MICHAEL F

“…We provide here a subfamilial scheme for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. Our recommendation is that the…”
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Cross-species transfer of nuclear microsatellite markers: potential and limitations by BARBARÁ, THELMA, PALMA-SILVA, CLARISSE, PAGGI, GECELE M., BERED, FERNANDA, FAY, MICHAEL F., LEXER, CHRISTIAN

“…Molecular ecologists increasingly require ‘universal’ genetic markers that can easily be transferred between species. The distribution of cross‐species…”
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A universe of dwarfs and giants: genome size and chromosome evolution in the monocot family Melanthiaceae by Pellicer, Jaume, Kelly, Laura J., Leitch, Ilia J., Zomlefer, Wendy B., Fay, Michael F.

“…Since the occurrence of giant genomes in angiosperms is restricted to just a few lineages, identifying where shifts towards genome obesity have occurred is…”
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Analysis of the giant genomes of Fritillaria (Liliaceae) indicates that a lack of DNA removal characterizes extreme expansions in genome size by Kelly, Laura J., Renny‐Byfield, Simon, Pellicer, Jaume, Macas, Jiří, Novák, Petr, Neumann, Pavel, Lysak, Martin A., Day, Peter D., Berger, Madeleine, Fay, Michael F., Nichols, Richard A., Leitch, Andrew R., Leitch, Ilia J.

“…Plants exhibit an extraordinary range of genome sizes, varying by > 2000-fold between the smallest and largest recorded values. In the absence of polyploidy,…”
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Rapid Parallel Adaptation to Anthropogenic Heavy Metal Pollution by Papadopulos, Alexander S T, Helmstetter, Andrew J, Osborne, Owen G, Comeault, Aaron A, Wood, Daniel P, Straw, Edward A, Mason, Laurence, Fay, Michael F, Parker, Joe, Dunning, Luke T, Foote, Andrew D, Smith, Rhian J, Lighten, Jackie

“…Abstract The impact of human-mediated environmental change on the evolutionary trajectories of wild organisms is poorly understood. In particular, capacity of…”
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Sympatric bromeliad species (Pitcairnia spp.) facilitate tests of mechanisms involved in species cohesion and reproductive isolation in Neotropical inselbergs by PALMA-SILVA, C., WENDT, T., PINHEIRO, F., BARBARÁ, T., FAY, MICHAEL F., COZZOLINO, S., LEXER, C.

“…The roles of intra‐ and interspecific gene flow in speciation and species evolution are topics of great current interest in molecular ecology and evolutionary…”
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Lost and Found: Coffea stenophylla and C. affinis , the Forgotten Coffee Crop Species of West Africa by Davis, Aaron P, Gargiulo, Roberta, Fay, Michael F, Sarmu, Daniel, Haggar, Jeremy

“…(Arabica) and (robusta) almost entirely dominate global coffee production. Various challenges at the production (farm) level, including the increasing…”
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Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA regions, including a new taxonomic arrangement by Martínez-Azorín, Mario, Crespo, Manuel B, Juan, Ana, Fay, Michael F

“…BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The taxonomic arrangement within subfamily Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) has been a matter of controversy in recent decades: several…”
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Hybrid speciation in angiosperms: parental divergence drives ploidy by Paun, Ovidiu, Forest, Félix, Fay, Michael F., Chase, Mark W.

“…Hybridization and polyploidy are now hypothesized to have regularly stimulated speciation in angiosperms, but individual or combined involvement of these two…”
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Orchid biology: from Linnaeus via Darwin to the 21st century by Fay, Michael F, Chase, Mark W

“…Orchidaceae are the largest family of flowering plants, with at least 24 000 species, and perhaps better than any other family of flowering plants, orchids…”
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Genome Size Doubling Arises From the Differential Repetitive DNA Dynamics in the Genus Heloniopsis (Melanthiaceae) by Pellicer, Jaume, Fernández, Pol, Fay, Michael F., Michálková, Ester, Leitch, Ilia J.

“…Plant genomes are highly diverse in size and repetitive DNA composition. In the absence of polyploidy, the dynamics of repetitive elements, which make up the…”
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High genetic diversity in a threatened clonal species, Cypripedium calceolus (Orchidaceae), enables long-term stability of the species in different biogeographical regions in Estonia by Gargiulo, Roberta, Ilves, Aigi, Kaart, Tanel, Fay, Michael F, Kull, Tiiu

“…Abstract In plants capable of clonal reproduction, demographic and ecological investigations are essential for understanding the factors contributing to…”
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The genome sequence of the English holly, Ilex aquifolium L. (Aquifoliaceae) by Christenhusz, Maarten J M, Fay, Michael F

“…We present a genome assembly from an individual (the English holly; Eudicot; Magnoliopsida; Aquifoliales; Aquifoliaceae). The genome sequence is 800.0…”
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Phylogenetics, classification and typification of extant horsetails (Equisetum, Equisetaceae) by Christenhusz, Maarten J M, Bangiolo, Lois, Chase, Mark W, Fay, Michael F, Husby, Chad, Witkus, Marika, Viruel, Juan

“…Abstract Horsetails (Equisetum, Equisetaceae) are one of the oldest groups of vascular plants with a nearly continuous fossil record dating back to the…”
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The genome sequence of common reed, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Steud. (Poaceae) by Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Fay, Michael F.

“…We present a genome assembly from an individual Phragmites australis (the common reed; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Poales; Poaceae). The genome sequence has a…”
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Genetic variation in a tropical tree species influences the associated epiphytic plant and invertebrate communities in a complex forest ecosystem by Zytynska, Sharon E., Fay, Michael F., Penney, David, Preziosi, Richard F.

“…Genetic differences among tree species, their hybrids and within tree species are known to influence associated ecological communities and ecosystem processes…”
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Effective population size in a partially clonal plant is not predicted by the number of genetic individuals by Gargiulo, Roberta, Waples, Robin S., Grow, Adri K., Shefferson, Richard P., Viruel, Juan, Fay, Michael F., Kull, Tiiu

“…Estimating effective population size (Ne) is important for theoretical and practical applications in evolutionary biology and conservation. Nevertheless,…”
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