[HTML][HTML] The origin and early evolution of plants

AMC Bowles, CJ Williamson, TA Williams… - Trends in Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Plant (archaeplastid) evolution has transformed the biosphere, but we are only now
beginning to learn how this took place through comparative genomics, phylogenetics, and …

Red macroalgae in the genomic era

M Borg, SA Krueger‐Hadfield, C Destombe… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rhodophyta (or red algae) are a diverse and species‐rich group that forms one of three
major lineages in the Archaeplastida, a eukaryotic supergroup whose plastids arose from a …

[HTML][HTML] The new red algal subphylum Proteorhodophytina comprises the largest and most divergent plastid genomes known

SA Muñoz-Gómez, FG Mejía-Franco, K Durnin, M Colp… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Red algal plastid genomes are often considered ancestral and evolutionarily stable, and
thus more closely resembling the last common ancestral plastid genome of all …

Horizontal and endosymbiotic gene transfer in early plastid evolution

RI Ponce‐Toledo, P López‐García… - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plastids evolved from a cyanobacterium that was engulfed by a heterotrophic eukaryotic
host and became a stable organelle. Some of the resulting eukaryotic algae entered into a …

Analysis of the Draft Genome of the Red Seaweed Gracilariopsis chorda Provides Insights into Genome Size Evolution in Rhodophyta

JM Lee, EC Yang, L Graf, JH Yang, H Qiu… - Molecular biology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Red algae (Rhodophyta) underwent two phases of large-scale genome reduction during
their early evolution. The red seaweeds did not attain genome sizes or gene inventories …

Revised classification of the Cyanidiophyceae based on plastid genome data with descriptions of the Cavernulicolales ord. nov. and Galdieriales ord. nov …

SI Park, CH Cho, C Ciniglia, TY Huang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Cyanidiophyceae, an extremophilic red algal class, is distributed worldwide in extreme
environments. Species grow either in acidic hot environments or in dim light conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenomics, divergence time estimation and trait evolution provide a new look into the Gracilariales (Rhodophyta)

GM Lyra, C Iha, CJ Grassa, L Cai, H Zhang… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Gracilariales is a highly diverse, widely distributed order of red algae (Rhodophyta) that
forms a well-supported clade. Aside from their ecological importance, species of …

Extremophilic red algae as models for understanding adaptation to hostile environments and the evolution of eukaryotic life on the early earth

J Van Etten, CH Cho, HS Yoon… - Seminars in cell & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Extremophiles have always garnered great interest because of their exotic lifestyles and
ability to thrive at the physical limits of life. In hot springs environments, the Cyanidiophyceae …

Analysis of chloroplast genomes and a supermatrix inform reclassification of the Rhodomelaceae (Rhodophyta)

P Díaz‐Tapia, CA Maggs, JA West… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
With over a thousand species, the Rhodomelaceae is the most species‐rich family of red
algae. While its genera have been assigned to 14 tribes, the high‐level classification of the …

Genetic and Biochemical Reconstitution of Bromoform Biosynthesis in Asparagopsis Lends Insights into Seaweed Reactive Oxygen Species Enzymology

HR Thapa, Z Lin, D Yi, JE Smith, EW Schmidt… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Marine macroalgae, seaweeds, are exceptionally prolific producers of halogenated natural
products. Biosynthesis of halogenated molecules in seaweeds is inextricably linked to …