RNA editing by cytidine (C) to uridine (U) conversions is widespread in plant mitochondria
and chloroplasts. In some plant taxa,“reverse” U-to-C editing also occurs. However, to date …

The genomes in the two energy-converting organelles of plant cells, chloroplasts and
mitochondria, contain numerous 'errors' that are corrected at the level of RNA transcript …

Amoebozoa is the eukaryotic supergroup sister to Obazoa, the lineage that contains the
animals and Fungi, as well as their protistan relatives, and the breviate and apusomonad …

The RNA-binding pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) family comprises hundreds to thousands
of genes in most plants, but only a few dozen in algae, indicating massive gene expansions …

The slime mould Physarum polycephalum, an aneural organism, uses information from
previous experiences to adjust its behaviour, but the mechanisms by which this is …

Cell fusion is a fundamental phenomenon observed in all eukaryotes. Cells can exchange
resources such as molecules or organelles during fusion. In this paper, we ask whether a …

Our understanding of the origin of animals has been transformed by characterizing their
most closely related, unicellular sisters: the choanoflagellates, filastereans, and …

The survival of all species requires appropriate behavioral responses to environmental
challenges. Learning is one of the key processes to acquire information about the …

The protein factors for the specific C‐to‐U RNA editing events in plant mitochondria and
chloroplasts possess unique arrays of RNA‐binding pentatricopeptide repeats (PPRs) …

The evolution of multicellularity enabled specialization of cells, but required novel signalling
mechanisms for regulating cell differentiation. Early multicellular organisms are mostly …