Angophora bakeri Genome sequencing. Angophora bakeri

The evolutionary relationships among eucalypts remain controversial. For example, it is unclear what the basal relationships within this group are and whether Angophora should be included in Corymbia. The goal of this study is to produce a well-resolved and well-supported phylogenetic tree for eucalypts using Next Generation Sequencing DNA data and to address questions about the monophyly and evolutionary relationships of Angophora and Corymbia. Eucalypts dominate a large proportion of the Australian landscape and knowledge of their diversification gives insight into the history of the continent as shaped by geologic and climatic events, informs conservation management decisions and breeding programs for this economically important plant group, and enables co-evolutionary studies.