Based on evolutionary, phylogenomic, and synteny analyses of genome sequences for
more than a dozen diverse legume species as well as analysis of chromosome counts …

TOR (Target of Rapamycin) kinase is an evolutionarily conserved protein kinase, which
integrates stress-related cues with growth and metabolic outputs. Long non-coding RNAs …

Background Polyploidization is a common event in the evolutionary history of angiosperms,
and there will be some changes in the genomes of plants other than a simple genomic …

Abstract Background Aquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane proteins from a larger
family of major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) and function in a huge variety of processes such as …

Key message This report reveals that the LMI1-like and KNOX1 genes coordinately control
the leaf development and different combinations of those genes which produce diverse leaf …

Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the most important natural fiber crop in the world. The R2R3-
MYB gene family is a large gene family involved in many plant functions including cotton …

Background Intergenomic gene transfer (IGT) between nuclear and organellar genomes is a
common phenomenon during plant evolution. Gossypium is a useful model to evaluate the …

Chloroplast movement mediated by the plant-specific phototropin blue light photoreceptors
is crucial for plants to cope with fluctuating light conditions. While chloroplasts accumulate at …

Chalcone isomerase (CHI) is a key component of phenylalanine metabolism that can
produce a variety of flavonoids. However, little information and no systematic analysis of CHI …

Although efforts have been taken to exploit diversity for yield and quality improvements,
limited progress on using beneficial alleles in domesticated and undomesticated cotton …