[HTML][HTML] Chloroplast genomes: diversity, evolution, and applications in genetic engineering

H Daniell, CS Lin, M Yu, WJ Chang - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Chloroplasts play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth. The availability of over 800
sequenced chloroplast genomes from a variety of land plants has enhanced our …

Monocot plastid phylogenomics, timeline, net rates of species diversification, the power of multi‐gene analyses, and a functional model for the origin of monocots

TJ Givnish, A Zuluaga, D Spalink… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the Study We present the first plastome phylogeny encompassing all 77 monocot
families, estimate branch support, and infer monocot‐wide divergence times and rates of …

How many genera of vascular plants are endemic to New Caledonia? A critical review based on phylogenetic evidence

Y Pillon, L Barrabé, S Buerki - Botanical Journal of the Linnean …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
New Caledonia is a biodiversity hotspot located in the south-western Pacific, well known for
its rich, unique and endangered flora. The island flora has a high level of endemism not only …

Mitochondrial genomic data are effective at placing mycoheterotrophic lineages in plant phylogeny

Q Lin, TWA Braukmann, M Soto Gomez… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fully mycoheterotrophic plants can be difficult to place in plant phylogeny due to elevated
substitution rates associated with photosynthesis loss. This potentially limits the …

Phylotranscriptomic analyses of mycoheterotrophic monocots show a continuum of convergent evolutionary changes in expressed nuclear genes from three …

PR Timilsena, CF Barrett… - Genome biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mycoheterotrophy is an alternative nutritional strategy whereby plants obtain sugars and
other nutrients from soil fungi. Mycoheterotrophy and associated loss of photosynthesis have …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogeny, age, and evolution of tribe Lilieae (Liliaceae) based on whole plastid genomes

J Li, J Cai, HH Qin, M Price, Z Zhang, Y Yu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tribe Lilieae, encompassing Lilium, Notholirion, Cardiocrinum, and Fritillaria, includes
economically important crops with a horticultural and medicinal value. It is considered to be …

Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the monocot order Liliales: out of Australia and through Antarctica

TJ Givnish, A Zuluaga, I Marques, VKY Lam… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first phylogenomic analysis of relationships among all ten families of Liliales,
based on 75 plastid genes from 35 species in 29 genera, and 97 additional plastomes …

Detecting and Characterizing the Highly Divergent Plastid Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic Plant Hydnora visseri (Hydnoraceae)

J Naumann, JP Der, EK Wafula… - Genome Biology and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Plastid genomes of photosynthetic flowering plants are usually highly conserved in both
structure and gene content. However, the plastomes of parasitic and mycoheterotrophic …

The Highly Reduced Plastome of Mycoheterotrophic Sciaphila (Triuridaceae) Is Colinear with Its Green Relatives and Is under Strong Purifying Selection

VKY Lam, M Soto Gomez… - Genome Biology and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The enigmatic monocot family Triuridaceae provides a potentially useful model system for
studying the effects of an ancient loss of photosynthesis on the plant plastid genome, as all …

[HTML][HTML] Taxonomic monograph of Oxygyne (Thismiaceae), rare achlorophyllous mycoheterotrophs with strongly disjunct distribution

M Cheek, H Tsukaya, PJ Rudall, K Suetsugu - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Abstract Oxygyne Schltr.(Thismiaceae) is a rare and little-known genus of achlorophyllous
mycoheterotrophic perennial herbs with one of the most remarkable distributions of all …