Juan Manuel Gorospe Ballesteros

• PhD Student at Charles University in Prague

Aim The outstanding Andean biodiversity has been linked to the occurrence of evolutionary radiations that are common among high‐elevation plant lineages. One of the most iconic examples is found in the species‐rich genus Senecio , with an impressive variation in growth forms and habitat preference. Here, we use Hyb‐Seq to overcome the lack of phylo...

Mountains have highly heterogeneous environments that generate ample opportunities for lineage differentiation through ecological adaptation, geographic isolation and secondary contact. The geographic and ecological isolation of the afroalpine vegetation fragments on the East African mountain tops makes them an excellent system to study speciation....

The paradox between the ubiquity of polyploid lineages in plants and the early obstacles to the establishment of polyploids is a long‐studied yet unresolved question in evolutionary biology. It is assumed that to successfully persist after emergence, newly formed polyploids need to display certain fitness advantages and show a certain extent of rep...

The analysis of target enrichment data in phylogenetics lacks optimization toward using paralogs for phylogenetic reconstruction. We developed a novel approach of detecting paralogs and utilizing them for phylogenetic tree inference, by retrieving both ortho‐ and paralogous copies and creating orthologous alignments, from which the gene trees are b...

Alpine plant radiations are common across all major mountain systems of the world, and have been regarded as the main explanation for the species diversity found within these areas. To study the mechanisms behind the origin of this diversity, it is necessary to determine phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries in radiating alpine groups....

Habitat stability is important for maintaining biodiversity by preventing species extinction, but this stability is being challenged by climate change. The tropical alpine ecosystem is currently one of the ecosystems most threatened by global warming, and the flora close to the permanent snow line is at high risk of extinction. The tropical alpine...

Aim The tribe Antirrhineae, including snapdragons, toadflaxes and relatives, is widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and the Neotropics. It displays an uneven distribution of diversity, with more than 50% of species and subspecies in the Mediterranean Region. Here we conducted the first detailed, worldwide biogeographic analysis of the...

Aim: The tribe Antirrhineae, including snapdragons, toadflaxes and relatives, is a model group for plant evolutionary research. It is widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and the Neotropics, but displays an uneven distribution of diversity, with more than 50% of species and subspecies in the Mediterranean Region. Here we conducted the...

El objetivo de este trabajo fue proponer una metodología que permita medir cuantitativamente los efectos de actividades de restauración a escala de paisaje, comparando una condición inicial de conservación, con otra condición ideal, denominada paisaje de referencia, creada proyectando los cambios esperados por la restauración. Definido el paisaje d...