The evolutionary history of nearly all flowering plants includes a polyploidization event.
Homologous genes resulting from allopolyploidy are commonly referred to as 'homoeologs' …

Abstract The Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is an economically important tropical tree
species that produces natural rubber, an essential industrial raw material. Here we present a …

Nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes make up the largest plant
disease resistance gene family (R genes), with hundreds of copies occurring in individual …

Abstract ATTED-II (http://atted. jp) is a coexpression database for plant species with parallel
views of multiple coexpression data sets and network analysis tools. The user can efficiently …

Clonally reproducing plants have the potential to bear a significantly greater mutational load
than sexually reproducing species. To investigate this possibility, we examined the breadth …

Comparisons of flowering plant genomes reveal multiple rounds of ancient polyploidy
characterized by large intragenomic syntenic blocks. Three such whole-genome duplication …

Defining syntenic relationships among orthologous gene clusters is a frequent undertaking
of biologists studying organismal evolution through comparative genomic approaches. With …

Subgenome dominance is an important phenomenon observed in allopolyploids after whole
genome duplication, in which one subgenome retains more genes as well as contributes …

Members of the chalcone synthase (CHS) family participate in the synthesis of a series of
secondary metabolites in plants, fungi and bacteria. The metabolites play important roles in …

Members of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) gene family found in all eukaryotes play crucial
roles in response to stress. Though, most eukaryotes carry the proteins of this family …