Most land plants are now known to be ancient polyploids that have rediploidized.
Diploidization involves many changes in genome organization that ultimately restore …

Highlights•Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication (WGD) is a ubiquitous feature of plant
genomes.•Polyploidy is most frequent in angiosperms.•A complex pattern of polyploidy is …

Green plants (Viridiplantae) include around 450,000–500,000 species, of great diversity and
have important roles in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Here, as part of the One …

The domesticated sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., is a global oil crop that has promise for
climate change adaptation, because it can maintain stable yields across a wide variety of …

The sunflower family, Asteraceae, comprises 10% of all flowering plant species and displays
an incredible diversity of form. Asteraceae are clearly monophyletic, yet resolving …

The draft genome of the moss model, Physcomitrella patens, comprised approximately 2000
unordered scaffolds. In order to enable analyses of genome structure and evolution we …

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a major crop and a member of the large, highly successful
Compositae family of flowering plants. Here we present a reference assembly for the …

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS AAL, ABA, ABE, ABG, ABO, AFI, AGR, AHA, AHU, AJA, AJM,
AJO, AKM, AKS, AKT, AMO, APA, ARI, ASI, ATR, AUS, AVE, BAR, BAW, BCK, BCM, BDK …

Abstract Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis Franch.), a member of the Ranunculales,
represents an important early-diverging eudicot lineage with diverse medicinal applications …

Introduction Darwin famously characterized the rapid rise and early diversification of
flowering plants (angiosperms) in the fossil record as an “abominable mystery.” Identifying …