Scientists and students in the Soltis Lab are currently working with a variety of technologies to investigate mechanisms of speciation, evolutionary relationships and character evolution in flowering and land plants at all taxonomic levels.
Current projects include the study of higher level phylogenetic relationships and character evolution in the angiosperms, floral evolution, the genetic and genomic consequences of polyploidy, conservation genetics of rare plants, phylogeography, and biogeography. Please explore our website for more information on our research.
Ancient seeds spill secrets about the evolution of flowering plants.
Soltis, D. E. 2021. Ancient seeds spill secrets about the evolution of flowering plants. Nature, doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-01347-7. Nature Publishing...
Evolution of rapid blue‐light response linked to explosive diversification of ferns in angiosperm forests.
Cai, S., Y. Huang, F. Chen, X. Zhang, E. Sessa, C. Zhao, D. B. Marchant, D. Xue, G. Chen, F.…
Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America.
Earl, C., M. W. Belitz, S. W. Laffan, V. Barve, N. Barve, D. E. Soltis, J. M. Allen, P. S.…
Biogeography and habitat evolution of Saxifragaceae, with a revision of generic limits and a new tribal system.
Folk, R. A., R. L. Stubbs, N. J. Engle-Wrye, D. E. Soltis, and Y. Okuyama. 2021. Biogeography and habitat evolution…
A new, simple, highly scalable, and efficient protocol for genomic DNA extraction from diverse plant taxa.
Mavrodiev, E. V., C. Dervinis, W. M. Whitten, M. A. Gitzendanner, M. Kirst, S. Kim, T. J. Kinser, P. S.…