(🧵 6/6) He & his coauthors have previously collaborated on research investigating splicing variation between divergent sunflower ecotypes. Peter is now a postdoc researcher in the Kane lab, where his work focuses on the population genomics & evolution of flax, sunflowers, Cannabis, & other species.

(🧵 5/6) This Tansley insight on alternative splicing evolution in plants builds on research he conducted during his PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder (USA).

🌱 The authors behind the paper 🌱

(🧵 4/6) Chris Smith is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University (USA) where he applies machine learning to study population genetics.

(🧵 3/6) The authors highlight examples of alternative splicing evolution that involve diverse plant species and various scenarios of recent differentiation, including within-population variation, adaptation to the local environment, domestication, and speciation.

(🧵 2/6) In this Tansley insight, Innes et al. review recent findings regarding the evolution and genetics of alternative splicing, in order to judge its contribution to plant evolution and diversity.

Video in previous post: Separation of structural features of fungal arbuscules and hyphae based upon fluorescence lifetime (supplementary video S1).