Deep reticulation: the long legacy of hybridization in vascular plant evolution

GW Stull, KK Pham, PS Soltis, DE Soltis - The Plant Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

Diversity and regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in plants

P Xu, E Wang - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Plants associate with nitrogen-fixing bacteria to secure nitrogen, which is generally the most
limiting nutrient for plant growth. Endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing associations are widespread …

NextDenovo: an efficient error correction and accurate assembly tool for noisy long reads

J Hu, Z Wang, Z Sun, B Hu, AO Ayoola, F Liang, J Li… - Genome Biology, 2024 - Springer
Long-read sequencing data, particularly those derived from the Oxford Nanopore
sequencing platform, tend to exhibit high error rates. Here, we present NextDenovo, an …

The Torreya grandis genome illuminates the origin and evolution of gymnosperm-specific sciadonic acid biosynthesis

H Lou, L Song, X Li, H Zi, W Chen, Y Gao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Torreya plants produce dry fruits with assorted functions. Here, we report the 19-Gb
chromosome-level genome assembly of T. grandis. The genome is shaped by ancient whole …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on phylogenomics of gymnosperms and a new classification

Y Yang, DK Ferguson, B Liu, KS Mao, LM Gao… - Plant diversity, 2022 - Elsevier
Living gymnosperms comprise four major groups: cycads, Ginkgo, conifers, and
gnetophytes. Relationships among/within these lineages have not been fully resolved. Next …

Reconciling fossils with phylogenies reveals the origin and macroevolutionary processes explaining the global cycad biodiversity

M Coiro, R Allio, N Mazet, LJ Seyfullah… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The determinants of biodiversity patterns can be understood using macroevolutionary
analyses. The integration of fossils into phylogenies offers a deeper understanding of …

Reflections on the ABC model of flower development

JL Bowman, E Moyroud - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The formulation of the ABC model by a handful of pioneer plant developmental geneticists
was a seminal event in the quest to answer a seemingly simple question: how are flowers …

The origin and early evolution of plants

AMC Bowles, CJ Williamson, TA Williams… - Trends in Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Plant (archaeplastid) evolution has transformed the biosphere, but we are only now
beginning to learn how this took place through comparative genomics, phylogenetics, and …

Genomics of plant speciation

DG Bock, Z Cai, C Elphinstone… - Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Studies of plants have been instrumental for revealing how new species originate. For
several decades, botanical research has complemented and, in some cases, challenged …

The current developments in medicinal plant genomics enabled the diversification of secondary metabolites' biosynthesis

MM Alami, Z Ouyang, Y Zhang, S Shu, G Yang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Medicinal plants produce important substrates for their adaptation and defenses against
environmental factors and, at the same time, are used for traditional medicine and industrial …