The large mitochondrial genomes of angiosperms are unusually dynamic because of
recombination activities involving repeated sequences. These activities generate …

Plant mitochondria have a complex and peculiar genetic system. They have the largest
genomes, as compared to organelles from other eukaryotic organisms. These can expand …

This review bridges functional and evolutionary aspects of plastid chromosome architecture
in land plants and their putative ancestors. We provide an overview on the structure and …

The field of comparative plastid genomics has burgeoned during the past decade, largely
due to the availability of rapid, less expensive genome sequencing technologies. Currently …

The current classification of angiosperms is based primarily on concatenated plastid
markers and maximum likelihood (ML) inference. This approach has been justified by the …

Like their nuclear counterpart, the plastid and mitochondrial genomes of plants have to be
faithfully replicated and repaired to ensure the normal functioning of the plant. Inability to …

Geraniaceae plastid genomes (plastomes) have experienced a remarkable number of
genomic changes. The plastomes of Erodium texanum, Geranium palmatum, and Monsonia …

Break-induced replication (BIR) is an important pathway specializing in repair of one-ended
double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs). This type of DSB break typically arises at collapsed …

RNA binding proteins (RBPs) control the fate and expression of a transcriptome. Despite this
fundamental importance, our understanding of plant RBPs is rudimentary, being mainly …

The mitochondrion stands at the center of cell energy metabolism. It contains its own
genome, the mtDNA, that is a relic of its prokaryotic symbiotic ancestor. In plants, the …