Plant genome sequences catalogue genes and the genetic elements that regulate their
expression. Such inventories further research aims as diverse as mapping the molecular …

Lead is a very toxic and futile heavy metal for rice plants because of its injurious effects on
plant growth and metabolic processes. Polyploidy or whole genome doubling increases the …

Cell size affects many processes, including exchange of nutrients and external signals, cell
division and tissue mechanics. Across eukaryotes, cells have evolved mechanisms that …

Sapindales is an angiosperm order of high economic and ecological value comprising nine
families, c. 479 genera, and c. 6570 species. However, family and subfamily relationships in …

Gene drive elements promote the spread of linked traits and can be used to change the
composition or fate of wild populations. Cleave and Rescue (ClvR) drive elements sit at a …

Abstract Background The BOP (Bambusoideae, Oryzoideae, and Pooideae) clade of the
Poaceae has a common ancestor, with similarities to the genomes of rice, Oryza sativa (2 n …

Living fossils are evidence of long-term sustained ecological success. However, whether
living fossils have little molecular changes remains poorly known, particularly in plants …

Structural chromosome rearrangements involving translocations, fusions and fissions lead to
evolutionary variation between species and potentially reproductive isolation and variation …

DNA content is an important trait linked to the evolutionary routes of taxa and often
connected to speciation. In the present study, we studied C-values variation across the …

Polyploidy is a prominent mechanism of plant speciation and adaptation, yet the mechanistic
understandings of duplicated gene regulation remain elusive. Chromatin structure dynamics …