Many terrestrial ecosystems are fire prone, such that their composition and structure are
largely due to their fire regime. Regions subject to regular fire have exceptionally high levels …

Somatic mutations are common in plants, and they may accumulate and be passed on to
gametes. The determinants of somatic mutation accumulation include the intraorganismal …

Since the first half of the twentieth century, evolutionary theory has been dominated by the
idea that mutations occur randomly with respect to their consequences. Here we test this …

Flowering plants possess an unrivaled diversity of mechanisms for achieving sexual and
asexual reproduction, often simultaneously. The commonest type of asexual reproduction is …

The majority of variation in rates of molecular evolution among seed plants remains both
unexplored and unexplained. Although some attention has been given to flowering plants …

Because plants do not possess a defined germline, deleterious somatic mutations can be
passed to gametes, and a large number of cell divisions separating zygote from gamete …

Given the disposability of somatic tissue, selection can favor a higher mutation rate in the
early segregating soma than in germline, as seen in some animals. Although in plants intra …

The lifespan of plants ranges from a few weeks in annuals to thousands of years in trees. It is
hard to explain such extreme longevity considering that DNA replication errors inevitably …

This article attempts to summarize the current knowledge on plant domestication on the
basis of recent genome sequencing. To this end, several topics are explored, including (a) …

Background Plants can transmit somatic mutations and epimutations to offspring, which in
turn can affect fitness. Knowledge of the rate at which these variations arise is necessary to …