The CAM lineages of planet Earth

IS Gilman, JAC Smith, JAM Holtum, RF Sage… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Scope The growth of experimental studies of crassulacean acid
metabolism (CAM) in diverse plant clades, coupled with recent advances in molecular …

Cucurbitaceae genome evolution, gene function, and molecular breeding

L Ma, Q Wang, Y Zheng, J Guo, S Yuan… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cucurbitaceae is one of the most genetically diverse plant families in the world. Many of
them are important vegetables or medicinal plants and are widely distributed worldwide. The …

Nuclear phylotranscriptomics and phylogenomics support numerous polyploidization events and hypotheses for the evolution of rhizobial nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in …

Y Zhao, R Zhang, KW Jiang, J Qi, Y Hu, J Guo, R Zhu… - Molecular plant, 2021 - cell.com
Fabaceae are the third largest angiosperm family, with 765 genera and∼ 19 500 species.
They are important both economically and ecologically, and global Fabaceae crops are …

Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms

GW Stull, XJ Qu, C Parins-Fukuchi, YY Yang, JB Yang… - Nature Plants, 2021 - nature.com
Inferring the intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of species diversification and phenotypic disparity
across the tree of life is a major challenge in evolutionary biology. In green plants, polyploidy …

Phylotranscriptomics resolves the phylogeny of Pooideae and uncovers factors for their adaptive evolution

L Zhang, X Zhu, Y Zhao, J Guo, T Zhang… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Adaptation to cool climates has occurred several times in different angiosperm groups.
Among them, Pooideae, the largest grass subfamily with∼ 3,900 species including wheat …

A plastid phylogenomic framework for the palm family (Arecaceae)

G Yao, YQ Zhang, C Barrett, B Xue, S Bellot, WJ Baker… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Over the past decade, phylogenomics has greatly advanced our knowledge of
angiosperm evolution. However, phylogenomic studies of large angiosperm families with …

Toward kingdom-wide analyses of gene expression

I Julca, QW Tan, M Mutwil - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
Gene expression data for Archaeplastida are accumulating exponentially, with more than
300 000 RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments available for hundreds of species. The …

Atmospheric CO2 decline and the timing of CAM plant evolution

RF Sage, IS Gilman, JAC Smith, K Silvera… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims CAM photosynthesis is hypothesized to have evolved in atmospheres
of low CO2 concentration in recent geological time because of its ability to concentrate CO2 …

Functional divergence of CYP76AKs shapes the chemodiversity of abietane-type diterpenoids in genus Salvia

J Hu, S Qiu, F Wang, Q Li, CL Xiang, P Di, Z Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The genus Salvia L.(Lamiaceae) comprises myriad distinct medicinal herbs, with
terpenoids as one of their major active chemical groups. Abietane-type diterpenoids (ATDs) …

Combined genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses provide insights into chayote (Sechium edule) evolution and fruit development

A Fu, Q Wang, J Mu, L Ma, C Wen, X Zhao… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Chayote (Sechium edule) is an agricultural crop in the Cucurbitaceae family that is rich in
bioactive components. To enhance genetic research on chayote, we used Nanopore third …