Human selection during crop domestication has resulted in remarkable transformations of
plant phenotypes, providing a window into the genetic basis of morphological evolution …

Transposable elements (TE s) are ubiquitous components of eukaryotic genomes and can
create variation in genome organization and content. Most maize genomes are composed of …

The past decades have revealed an unexpected yet prominent role of so-called 'junk DNA'in
the regulation of gene expression, thereby challenging our view of the mechanisms …

One of the major quantitative trait loci for flowering time in maize, the Vegetative to
generative transition 1 (Vgt1) locus, corresponds to an upstream (70 kb) noncoding …

Highlights•Structural variants are the major components of dispensable genome.•Structural
variants might have important functional consequences.•Next generation sequencing is a …

Pollen is a vector for diversification, fitness-selection, and transmission of plant genetic
material. The extent to which the pollen microbiome may contribute to host diversification is …

Angiosperms form the largest phylum within the Plantae kingdom and show remarkable
genetic variation due to the considerable difference in the nuclear genome size of each …

Plant aquaporins are involved in numerous physiological processes, such as cellular
homeostasis, tissue hydraulics, transpiration, and nutrient supply, and are key players of the …

Transposable elements (TEs) have the potential to create regulatory variation both through
the disruption of existing DNA regulatory elements and through the creation of novel DNA …

Plant molecular biology has been the key driver to elucidate molecular pathways underlying
plant growth, development and stress responses during the past decades. Although this has …