It has been argued that the evolution of plant genome size is principally unidirectional and
increasing owing to the varied action of whole-genome duplications (WGDs) and mobile …

Abstract Whole-genome duplication (WGD), or polyploidy, followed by gene loss and
diploidization has long been recognized as an important evolutionary force in animals, fungi …

Conservation of gene order in vertebrates is evident after hundreds of millions of years of
divergence,, but comparisons of the Arabidopsis thaliana sequence to partial gene orders of …

Green plants (Viridiplantae) include around 450,000–500,000 species, of great diversity and
have important roles in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Here, as part of the One …

Large segmental duplications cover much of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Little is
known about their origins. We show that they are primarily due to at least four different large …

The analysis of the first plant genomes provided unexpected evidence for genome
duplication events in species that had previously been considered as true diploids on the …

Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) is unique among plant model organisms in having a
small genome (130–140 Mb), excellent physical and genetic maps, and little repetitive DNA …

The flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana is an important model system for identifying genes
and determining their functions. Here we report the analysis of the genomic sequence of …

Genome size varies greatly across angiosperms. It is well documented that, in addition to
polyploidization, retrotransposon amplification has been a major cause of genome …

Conifers have dominated forests for more than 200 million years and are of huge ecological
and economic importance. Here we present the draft assembly of the 20-gigabase genome …