Flávia Fonseca Pezzini

This study shows hybridisation enables Amazonian trees to rapidly evolve chemical defences against herbivores, driving diversification in response to shifting herbivore communities.

The paper uses phylogenomic analysis to study reticulate evolution in the Malvatheca clade, finding evidence of ancient hybridization and polyploidy affecting subfamilial classification.

This study examines polyploidy in Inga species, finding tetraploidy in 14% of sequenced species and increased selection in chemical defence loci in polyploids.

This study investigates hybridization in the genus Inga, finding widespread introgression and its potential role in adaptation through chemical defense loci during the radiation of Amazonian trees.