Chloroplasts play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth. The availability of over 800
sequenced chloroplast genomes from a variety of land plants has enhanced our …

Free‐living cyanobacteria were entrapped by eukaryotic cells~ 2 billion years ago, ultimately
giving rise to chloroplasts. After a century of debate, the presence of chloroplast DNA was …

Mitochondrial and plastid genomes show a wide array of architectures, varying immensely in
size, structure, and content. Some organelle DNAs have even developed elaborate …

Background Unravelling domestication processes is crucial for understanding how species
respond to anthropogenic pressures, forecasting crop responses to future global changes …

Olive (O lea europaea ssp. europaea) is the most important oil fruit crop in temperate areas,
but the origin of the cultivated olive remains unclear. The existence of one or several …

Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the
processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from …

The olive tree (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) is one of the most
important crops across the Mediterranean, particularly the southern Levant. Its regional …

The location and timing of domestication of the olive tree, a key crop in Early Mediterranean
societies, remain hotly debated. Here, we unravel the history of wild olives (oleasters), and …

Olive, the emblematic Mediterranean fruit crop, owns a great varietal diversity, which is
maintained in ex situ field collections, such as the World Olive Germplasm Bank of Córdoba …

Forsythia suspensa is an important medicinal plant and traditionally applied for the treatment
of inflammation, pyrexia, gonorrhea, diabetes, and so on. However, there is limited …