Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza

JC Stein, Y Yu, D Copetti, DJ Zwickl, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The genus Oryza is a model system for the study of molecular evolution over time scales
ranging from a few thousand to 15 million years. Using 13 reference genomes spanning the …

Complete chloroplast and ribosomal sequences for 30 accessions elucidate evolution of Oryza AA genome species

K Kim, SC Lee, J Lee, Y Yu, K Yang, BS Choi, HJ Koh… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Cytoplasmic chloroplast (cp) genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nR) are the primary
sequences used to understand plant diversity and evolution. We introduce a high …

Rapid evolution of protein diversity by de novo origination in Oryza

L Zhang, Y Ren, T Yang, G Li, J Chen… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
New protein-coding genes that arise de novo from non-coding DNA sequences contribute to
protein diversity. However, de novo gene origination is challenging to study as it requires …

Gene fusion as an important mechanism to generate new genes in the genus Oryza

Y Zhou, C Zhang, L Zhang, Q Ye, N Liu, M Wang… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Events of gene fusion have been reported in several organisms. However, the
general role of gene fusion as part of new gene origination remains unknown. Results We …

APOK3, a pollen killer antidote in Arabidopsis thaliana

M Simon, S Durand, A Ricou, N Vrielynck… - Genetics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The principles of heredity state that the two alleles carried by a heterozygote are equally
transmitted to the progeny. However, genomic regions that escape this rule have been …

Emergence of a novel chimeric gene underlying grain number in rice

H Chen, Y Tang, J Liu, L Tan, J Jiang, M Wang, Z Zhu… - Genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Grain number is an important factor in determining grain production of rice (Oryza sativa L.).
The molecular genetic basis for grain number is complex. Discovering new genes involved …

Evolutionary fates and dynamic functionalization of young duplicate genes in Arabidopsis genomes

J Wang, F Tao, NC Marowsky, C Fan - Plant Physiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Gene duplication is a primary means to generate genomic novelties, playing an essential
role in speciation and adaptation. Particularly in plants, a high abundance of duplicate …

Genetic Dissection of Seed Dormancy using Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

S Yuan, Y Wang, C Zhang, H He, S Yu - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Timing of germination determines whether a new plant life cycle can be initiated; therefore,
appropriate dormancy and rapid germination under diverse environmental conditions are …

Reproductive long intergenic noncoding RNAs exhibit male gamete specificity and polycomb repressive complex 2-mediated repression

C Johnson, LJ Conrad, R Patel, S Anderson… - Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been characterized extensively in animals and are
involved in several processes, including homeobox gene expression and X-chromosome …

DNA methylation changes facilitated evolution of genes derived from Mutator-like transposable elements

J Wang, Y Yu, F Tao, J Zhang, D Copetti, D Kudrna… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Mutator-like transposable elements, a class of DNA transposons, exist
pervasively in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes, with more than 10,000 copies …