During the past few years several high-quality genomes has been published from
Charophyte algae, bryophytes, lycophytes and ferns. These genomes have not only …

The origin of plants and their colonization of land fundamentally transformed the terrestrial
environment. Here we elucidate the basis of this formative episode in Earth history through …

The mustard family (Brassicaceae) is a scientifically and economically important family,
containing the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and numerous crop species that feed …

Inferring the intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of species diversification and phenotypic disparity
across the tree of life is a major challenge in evolutionary biology. In green plants, polyploidy …

The plant kingdom exhibits diverse bodyplans, from single-celled algae to complex
multicellular land plants, but it is unclear how this phenotypic disparity was achieved. Here …

ATPase family AAA domain–containing 3 (ATAD3) proteins are unique mitochondrial
proteins that arose deep in the eukaryotic lineage but that are surprisingly absent in Fungi …

The mega-diversity of herbivorous insects is attributed to their co-evolutionary associations
with plants. Despite abundant studies on insect-plant interactions, we do not know whether …

Deserts exert strong selection pressures on plants, but the underlying genomic drivers of
ecological adaptation and subsequent speciation remain largely unknown. Here, we …

Gynandropsis gynandra (Cleomaceae) is a cosmopolitan leafy vegetable and medicinal
plant, which has also been used as a model to study C4 photosynthesis due to its …

Key message Detailed analyses of 16 genomes identified a remarkable acceleration of
mutation rate, hence mitochondrial sequence and structural heterogeneity, in Meniocus …