A. Gibert

Floral phenotypic divergence and genomic insights in an Ophrys orchid: Unraveling early speciation processes

The paper investigates early speciation processes in Ophrys orchids by analyzing phenotypic and genomic divergence in six populations, identifying a genomic island linked to floral odor variation and candidate genes involved in color and odor pathways.

Holocene climate change promoted allopatric divergence and disjunct geographic distribution in a bee orchid species

This study uses population genomics and ecological niche modeling to show recent allopatric divergence and climate-driven range shifts in the bee orchid Ophrys aveyronensis.

Whole plastid genome-based phylogenomics supports an inner placement of the O. insectifera group rather than a basal position in the rapidly diversifying Ophrys genus (Orchidaceae)

The paper uses whole plastid genome data to reconstruct the phylogeny of Ophrys species, finding the O. insectifera group is sister to non-basal Ophrys, not basal.