Plant (archaeplastid) evolution has transformed the biosphere, but we are only now
beginning to learn how this took place through comparative genomics, phylogenetics, and …

Pyrenoids are non-membrane bound organelles found in chloroplasts of algae and hornwort
plants that can be seen by light-microscopy. Pyrenoids are formed by liquid-liquid phase …

Third-generation long-read sequencing is transforming plant genomics. Oxford Nanopore
Technologies and Pacific Biosciences are offering competing long-read sequencing …

Canonical plant phytochromes are master regulators of photomorphogenesis and the shade
avoidance response. They are also part of a widespread superfamily of photoreceptors with …

The algal ancestors of land plants underwent a transition from a unicellular to a multicellular
body plan. 1 This transition likely took place early in streptophyte evolution, sometime after …

Abstract Pyropia haitanensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta), a major economically important
marine crop, is also considered as an ideal research model of Rhodophyta to address …

Earth was impacted by global glaciations during the Cryogenian (720 to 635 million years
ago; Ma), events invoked to explain both the origins of multicellularity in Archaeplastida and …

GATA transcription factors (TFs) are widespread eukaryotic regulators whose DNA-binding
domain is a class IV zinc finger motif (CX2CX17-20CX2C) followed by a basic region. Due to …

Metatranscriptomics generates large volumes of sequence data about transcribed genes in
natural environments. Taxonomic annotation of these datasets depends on availability of …

Rhodophyta are among the closest known relatives of green plants. Studying the codons of
their genomes can help us understand the codon usage pattern and characteristics of the …