… genes in the sequenced genomes of 20 flowering plants. We demonstrate that there is a large
set of genes that … could be explained by random gene loss only and therefore propose that …

… these genes were observed in Nicotiana, Antirrhinum and Striga (data not shown). We suggest
that a rapid loss of photosynthetic and chlororespiratory genes … committing the plant to a …

… However, forward and reverse genetic screens are biased toward obtaining recessive,
loss-of-function mutations, and therefore, dominant mutations of all types are underrepresented in …

… elements that are intermixed with genes should still be too small to provide any clear selective
advantage, but would often be detrimental due to gene loss. Hence, arguments regarding …

… losses of many other mitochondrial ribosomal protein genes (… In contrast to plants, only a
single protein gene (atp8) has … animals 2 , and these two losses may not even reflect transfer to …

… to 74.1% genes lost after the older Glycine polyploidization. Thus, the rates of gene loss are
4.4… duplication event, respectively, indicating that gene loss rate was high initially but slowed …

… from the mitochondrial genome during the evolution of flowering plants, and this may account
for the range of genetic variation observed between the mitochondrial genomes of higher …

… The outcome of subsequent gene losses is not random, leading to the relative over-representation
of genes that encode components of multi-protein complexes, such as those involved …

… flowering plants contain a conserved set of about 110 genes, … plants, which parasitize either
other flowering plants or … and reduced in size and gene content (dePamphilis and Palmer …

… Achlorophyllous holoparasites, however, have undergone evolutionary reduction in
genome size associated with gene loss. Epifagus virginiana, for example, has a much smaller …