Angiosperms that morphologically and physiologically attach to other flowering plants by
means of a haustorium have evolved 12 times independently resulting in 292 genera and …

Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

Parasitic plants thrive by infecting other plants. Flowering plants evolved parasitism
independently at least 12 times, in all cases developing a unique multicellular organ called …

Despite the enormous diversity among parasitic angiosperms in form and structure, life-
history strategies, and plastid genomes, little is known about the diversity of their …

We report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the flowering plant Amborella
trichopoda. This enormous, 3.9-megabase genome contains six genome equivalents of …

Summary Despite more than 2,000-fold variation in genome size, key features of genome
architecture are largely conserved across angiosperms. Parasitic plants have elucidated the …

Rafflesia is a genus of holoparasitic plants endemic to Southeast Asia that has lost the ability
to undertake photosynthesis. With short-read sequencing technology, we assembled a draft …

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles responsible for energy production and cell
metabolism. Disorders in mitochondrial function impair tissue integrity and have been …

Ferns are well known for their shade-dwelling habits. Their ability to thrive under low-light
conditions has been linked to the evolution of a novel chimeric photoreceptor—neochrome …

The significance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in eukaryotic evolution remains
controversial. Although many eukaryotic genes are of bacterial origin, they are often …