Most land plants are now known to be ancient polyploids that have rediploidized.
Diploidization involves many changes in genome organization that ultimately restore …

Ciliated protozoa undergo large-scale developmental rearrangement of their somatic
genomes when forming a new transcriptionally active macronucleus during conjugation …

Abstract ParameciumDB (https://paramecium. i2bc. paris-saclay. fr) is a community model
organism database for the genome and genetics of the ciliate Paramecium. ParameciumDB …

Ciliates are unicellular eukaryotes with both a germline genome and a somatic genome in
the same cytoplasm. The somatic macronucleus (MAC), responsible for gene expression, is …

Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) have occurred in many eukaryotic lineages. However,
the underlying evolutionary forces and molecular mechanisms responsible for the long-term …

Gene duplication and diversification drive the emergence of novel functions during
evolution. Because of whole genome duplications, ciliates from the Paramecium aurelia …

The Paramecium aurelia complex, a group of morphologically similar but sexually
incompatible sibling species, is a unique example of the evolutionary plasticity of mating …

Abstract The Spt4-Spt5 complex is conserved and essential RNA polymerase elongation
factor. To investigate the role of the Spt4-Spt5 complex in non-coding transcription during …

Endosymbiosis was fundamental for the evolution of eukaryotic complexity. Endosymbiotic
interactions can be dissected through forward-and reverse-genetic experiments, such as …

Plant genomes are extensively shaped by various types of gene duplication. However, in
this active area of investigation, the vast majority of studies focus on the sequence and …