BACKGROUND Microbial interactions have shaped plant diversity in terrestrial ecosystems.
By forming mutually beneficial symbioses, microbes helped plants colonize land more than …

Flavonoids are by far the largest class of polyphenols with huge structural and functional
diversity. However, the mystery regarding the exact evolutionary pressures which lead to the …

The evolutionary features and molecular innovations that enabled plants to first colonize
land are not well understood. Here, insights are provided through our report of the genome …

Contents Summary 1428 I. The singularity of plant terrestrialization 1428 II. Adaptation vs
exaptation–what shaped the land plant toolkit? 1430 III. Trait mosaicism in (higher …

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha has been utilized as a model for biological studies
since the 18th century. In the past few decades, there has been a Renaissance in its …

Contents Summary 70 I. Introduction 70 II. Ancient associations between plants and
microbes 72 III. Evolutionary dynamics of plant–pathogen interactions 74 IV. Evolutionary …

The flavonoid pathway is one of the best characterized specialized metabolite pathways of
plants. In angiosperms, the flavonoids have varied roles in assisting with tolerance to abiotic …

Embryophytes (land plants) can be found in almost any habitat on the Earth's surface. All of
this ecologically diverse embryophytic flora arose from algae through a singular evolutionary …

To conserve water in arid environments, numerous plant lineages have independently
evolved Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM). Interestingly, Isoetes, an aquatic lycophyte …

Phenolic compounds (PCs) are a family of secondary metabolites with recognized biological
activities making them attractive for the biomedical “red” biotechnology. The development of …