Evolution of plant genome architecture

JF Wendel, SA Jackson, BC Meyers, RA Wing - Genome biology, 2016‏ - Springer
We have witnessed an explosion in our understanding of the evolution and structure of plant
genomes in recent years. Here, we highlight three important emergent realizations:(1) that …

Polyploidy and genome evolution in plants

PS Soltis, DB Marchant, Y Van de Peer… - Current opinion in …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Plant genomes vary in size and complexity, fueled in part by processes of whole-genome
duplication (WGD; polyploidy) and subsequent genome evolution. Despite repeated …

A reference genome for pea provides insight into legume genome evolution

J Kreplak, MA Madoui, P Cápal, P Novák, K Labadie… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
We report the first annotated chromosome-level reference genome assembly for pea, Gregor
Mendel's original genetic model. Phylogenetics and paleogenomics show genomic …

The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications

PP Edger, HM Heidel-Fischer… - Proceedings of the …, 2015‏ - National Acad Sciences
Coevolutionary interactions are thought to have spurred the evolution of key innovations and
driven the diversification of much of life on Earth. However, the genetic and evolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] Cytokinins

JJ Kieber, GE Schaller - … Book/American Society of Plant Biologists, 2014‏ - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cytokinins are N 6 substituted adenine derivatives that affect many aspects of plant growth
and development, including cell division, shoot initiation and growth, leaf senescence …

Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

Y Jiao, NJ Wickett, S Ayyampalayam, AS Chanderbali… - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
Abstract Whole-genome duplication (WGD), or polyploidy, followed by gene loss and
diploidization has long been recognized as an important evolutionary force in animals, fungi …

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

US DOE Joint Genome Institute: Hawkins Trevor 4 … - Nature, 2001‏ - nature.com
The human genome holds an extraordinary trove of information about human development,
physiology, medicine and evolution. Here we report the results of an international …

The grapevine genome sequence suggests ancestral hexaploidization in major angiosperm phyla

French - nature, 2007‏ - nature.com
The analysis of the first plant genomes provided unexpected evidence for genome
duplication events in species that had previously been considered as true diploids on the …

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signalling in plants

SA Ramesh, SD Tyerman, M Gilliham, B Xu - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2017‏ - Springer
The role of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a signal in animals has been documented for
over 60 years. In contrast, evidence that GABA is a signal in plants has only emerged in the …

The roles of segmental and tandem gene duplication in the evolution of large gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana

SB Cannon, A Mitra, A Baumgarten, ND Young… - BMC plant biology, 2004‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Most genes in Arabidopsis thaliana are members of gene families.
How do the members of gene families arise, and how are gene family copy numbers …