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

The Streptophyta emerged about a billion years ago. Nowadays, this branch of the green
lineage is most famous for one of its clades, the land plants (Embryophyta). Although …

Marine planktonic eukaryotes play critical roles in global biogeochemical cycles and climate.
However, their poor representation in culture collections limits our understanding of the …

We breathe at the molecular level when mitochondria in our cells consume oxygen to extract
energy from nutrients. Mitochondria are characteristic cellular organelles that derive from …

Phylogenomic analyses of hundreds of protein-coding genes aimed at resolving
phylogenetic relationships is now a common practice. However, no software currently exists …

Phylogenomic analyses have boosted our understanding of the evolutionary trajectories of
all living forms by providing continuous improvements to the tree of life. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Within …

Rhodophyta (or red algae) are a diverse and species‐rich group that forms one of three
major lineages in the Archaeplastida, a eukaryotic supergroup whose plastids arose from a …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or lateral gene transfer, is the non-sexual movement of
genetic information between genomes. It has played a pronounced part in bacterial and …

The changes in the aquatic environmental conditions often influence the microbial
community assemblages and genome repertoire. Studies investigating the aquatic diversity …

Terrestrial ecosystems and human societies depend on oxygenic photosynthesis, which
began to reshape our atmosphere approximately 2.5 billion years ago. The earliest known …