Parasitic angiosperms: how often and how many?

DL Nickrent - Taxon, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Angiosperms that morphologically and physiologically attach to other flowering plants by
means of a haustorium have evolved 12 times independently resulting in 292 genera and …

Genomic architectural variation of plant mitochondria—A review of multichromosomal structuring

ZQ Wu, XZ Liao, XN Zhang… - … of Systematics and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since the endosymbiont origin from α‐Proteobacteria, mitochondrial genomes have
undergone extremely divergent evolutionary trajectories among eukaryotic lineages …

[BOG][B] Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms

D Soltis, P Soltis, P Endress, M Chase, S Manchester… - 2018 - books.google.com
Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

Molecular evolution of plastid genomes in parasitic flowering plants

S Wicke, J Naumann - Advances in botanical research, 2018 - Elsevier
Heterotrophic carbon acquisition is the most unusual lifestyle in plants, whereby the
heterotrophs obtain water, nutrients, and macromolecules from either another plant or a …

[HTML][HTML] The minicircular and extremely heteroplasmic mitogenome of the holoparasitic plant Rhopalocnemis phalloides

R Yu, C Sun, Y Zhong, Y Liu, MV Sanchez-Puerta… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
The plastid and nuclear genomes of parasitic plants exhibit deeply altered architectures, 1–
13 whereas the few examined mitogenomes range from deeply altered to conventional. 14 …

Multichromosomal Mitochondrial Genome of Paphiopedilum micranthum: Compact and Fragmented Genome, and Rampant Intracellular Gene Transfer

JX Yang, N Dierckxsens, MZ Bai, YY Guo - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Orchidaceae is one of the largest families of angiosperms. Considering the large number of
species in this family and its symbiotic relationship with fungi, Orchidaceae provide an ideal …

Invited Review Beyond parasitic convergence: unravelling the evolution of the organellar genomes in holoparasites

MV Sanchez-Puerta, LF Ceriotti… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background The molecular evolution of organellar genomes in angiosperms has been
studied extensively, with some lineages, such as parasitic ones, displaying unique …

Highly active repeat-mediated recombination in the mitogenome of the holoparasitic plant Aeginetia indica

Y Zhong, R Yu, J Chen, Y Liu, R Zhou - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mitogenomes of most flowering plants evolve slowly in sequence, but rapidly in structure.
The rearrangements in structure are mainly caused by repeat-mediated recombination …

Horizontal gene transfer is more frequent with increased heterotrophy and contributes to parasite adaptation

Z Yang, Y Zhang, EK Wafula… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the transfer of genetic material across species boundaries
and has been a driving force in prokaryotic evolution. HGT involving eukaryotes appears to …

Horizontally transferred mitochondrial DNA tracts become circular by microhomology‐mediated repair pathways

ME Roulet, LF Ceriotti, L Gatica‐Soria… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The holoparasitic plant Lophophytum mirabile exhibits remarkable levels of mitochondrial
horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Gathering comparative data from other individuals and host …