Dr. Johnny Randall, North Carolina Botanical Garden The infamous Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, found across North Carolina and into South Carolina, has been seen to be declining in recent years. It is currently under review for federal listing, is ranked G2 on NatureServe, and considered vulnerable by RedList. Threats to this charismatic plant include poaching, […]
Manuel Luján, Jian Liu, Nathalie Nagalingum, California Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Rare plant species exhibit narrow geographic distribution and are often considered to have smaller populations and lower levels of genetic diversity compared to their more common relatives. The genus Cycas includes about 117 species, 32 of which are […]
Dr. Sally M Chambers, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Next generation sequencing technologies have rapidly developed over the past decade, providing new avenues for scientists working on non-model organisms to study patterns at the genome level. Techniques can be used to drastically simplify a complex genome and multiplex samples, which help make these sequencing platforms more […]