Main concern

Angiosperms evolution, the “Darwin’s abominable mystery”

I. Ecology; the key driver of evolutionary novelties in angiosperms

II. Whole genome duplication (WGD); a key factor of the emergence of traits and species in angiosperms

III. Reproductive processes; a masterpiece of angiosperms’ trait and species evolution

some of the chapters have already been published

(In order of the year, & Numbers belong to my thesis chapters)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12991

III

How floral changes in new polyploids (WGD events) lead to unexpected pollinator behavior

Whether sexual selection can lead to large-scale speciation in plants

https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10267

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