Mitochondrial and plastid genomes show a wide array of architectures, varying immensely in
size, structure, and content. Some organelle DNAs have even developed elaborate …

The evolution of sex in eukaryotes represents a paradox, given the “twofold” fitness cost it
incurs. We hypothesize that the mutational dynamics of the mitochondrial genome would …

Within plastid-bearing species, the mutation rate of the plastid genome is often assumed to
be greater than that of the mitochondrial genome. This assumption is based on early …

Interactions between nuclear and mitochondrial gene products are critical for eukaryotic cell
function. Nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial-targeted proteins (N-mt genes) experience …

The Glaucophyta is one of the three major lineages of photosynthetic eukaryotes, together
with viridiplants and red algae, united in the presumed monophyletic supergroup …

The mitochondrial genomes of flowering plants experience frequent insertions of foreign
sequences, including linear plasmids that also exist in standalone forms within …

Molecular evolution, including nucleotide substitutions, plays an important role in
understanding the dynamics and mechanisms of species evolution. Here, we sequenced …

The forfeiting of photosynthetic capabilities has occurred independently many times
throughout eukaryotic evolution. But almost all non-photosynthetic plants and algae still …

Plastid genome (ptDNA) data of Glaucophyta have been limited for many years to the genus
Cyanophora. Here, we sequenced the ptDNAs of Gloeochaete wittrockiana, Cyanoptyche …

Background/Objectives: Sium serra is distributed in Korea, China, and Japan. It was first
identified as the genus Pimpinella and then reclassified as Sium by Kitagawa. Some Sium …