Third-generation long-read sequencing is transforming plant genomics. Oxford Nanopore
Technologies and Pacific Biosciences are offering competing long-read sequencing …

Bryophytes including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are among the earliest land plants,
and occupy a crucial phylogenetic position to aid in the understanding of plant …

The origin of land plants and their descendants was marked by the evolution of key
adaptations to life in terrestrial environments such as roots, vascular tissue and stomata …

In land plants, gametes derive from a small number of dedicated haploid cells. 1 In
angiosperms, one central cell and one egg cell are differentiated in the embryo sac as …

Water scarcity, resulting from climate change, poses a significant threat to ecosystems.
Syntrichia ruralis, a dryland desiccation‐tolerant moss, provides valuable insights into …

Whole-genome duplication (WGD) has occurred repeatedly during plant evolution and
diversification, providing genetic layers for evolving new functions and phenotypes …

Background & Aims: Bryophytes, the second largest group of higher plants, are an important
component of biodiversity. China is the country with the richest bryophyte diversity. In this …

Bryophytes are useful models for the study of plant evolution, development, plant–fungal
symbiosis, stress responses, and gametogenesis. Additionally, their dominant haploid …

Desiccation is typically fatal, but a small number of land plants have evolved vegetative
desiccation tolerance (VDT), allowing them to dry without dying through a process called …

Mosses compose one of the three lineages of bryophytes. Today, about 13,000 species of
mosses are recognized from across the globe, and at least one-third of this diversity …