Omics and bioinformatics are essential to understanding the molecular systems that underlie
various plant functions. Recent game-changing sequencing technologies have revitalized …

Heritable epigenetic polymorphisms, such as differential cytosine methylation, can underlie
phenotypic variation,. Moreover, wild strains of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana differ in many …

Genetic differences between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions underlie the plant's extensive
phenotypic variation, and until now these have been interpreted largely in the context of the …

Plants, like animals, use several lines of defense against pathogen attack. Prominent among
genes that confer disease resistance are those encoding nucleotide-binding site-leucine …

Background The mitochondrial genome of higher plants is unusually dynamic, with
recombination and nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) activities producing variability in …

Pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) triggered immunity (PTI) enables plants to
efficiently defend themselves against most pathogens. PTI is initiated by plasma membrane …

The completion of genome sequences for many species, including humans and a number of
model organisms, was considered a major milestone at the turn of the millennium. It has …

The completion of genome sequences for many species, including humans and a number of
model organisms, was considered a major milestone at the turn of the millennium. It has …

Heterosis (hybrid vigour) refers to the ability of F1 hybrid offspring to exhibit more vigorous
phenotypes, such as biomass, stature, growth rate or fertility, that lie outside the phenotypic …

To successfully infect plants, filamentous pathogens such as the oomycete
Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Hpa) are able to penetrate host tissues and form …