Publications by authors named "Hai-Yao Chen"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers studied a group of orchids called Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae, which has about 60 species found in Southeast Asia, to understand how they became so diverse over time.
- They used a type of genetic analysis to figure out the family tree of these orchids and found that they began to thrive in different parts of East Asia about 21 million years ago.
- The study showed that changes in temperature and rainy seasons (monsoons) helped these orchids grow and spread, but their rate of new species appearing slowed down as the climate got cooler.
