Plant speciation and diversification strongly rely on structural changes in the nuclear
genome, both at the whole ploidy and individual chromosome level. Phylogenetic …

Genes are perpetually added to and deleted from genomes during evolution. Thus, it is
important to understand how new genes are formed and how they evolve to be critical …

Background Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are large groups of hydrophilic
proteins with major role in drought and other abiotic stresses tolerance in plants. In-depth …

Oxytocin (OXT; hereafter OT) and arginine vasopressin or vasotocin (AVP or VT; hereafter
VT) are neurotransmitter ligands that function through specific receptors to control diverse …

Abstract Background Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are essential components in plant
tolerance mechanism under various abiotic stresses. Hsp20 is the major family of heat shock …

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an important enzyme that acts as the first line of protection in
the plant antioxidant defense system, involved in eliminating reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

WRKY proteins comprise a large family of transcription factors that play important roles in
plant defence regulatory networks, including responses to various biotic and abiotic …

Background AP2/ERF transcription factors perform indispensable functions in various
biological processes, such as plant growth, development, biotic and abiotic stresses …

Passion fruit is a tropical fruit crop with significant agricultural, economic and ornamental
values. The growth and development of passion fruit are greatly affected by climatic …

Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are critical antioxidant enzymes that protect organisms from
reactive oxygen species (ROS) caused by adverse conditions, and have been widely found …