Correlated gene arrangements among taxa provide a valuable framework for inference of
shared ancestry of genes and for the utilization of findings from model organisms to study …

The past 10 years have seen the discovery of unexpected levels of conservation of gene
content and gene orders over millions of years of evolution within grasses, crucifers …

Angiosperm genomes show tremendous variability in genome size and chromosome
number. Nevertheless, comparative genetic mapping has revealed genome collinearity of …

Conservation of gene order in vertebrates is evident after hundreds of millions of years of
divergence,, but comparisons of the Arabidopsis thaliana sequence to partial gene orders of …

With many plant genomes sequenced, it is now clear that one distinguishing feature of
angiosperm (flowering plant) genomes is their high frequency of whole‐genome duplication …

Their small sizes have meant that the Arabidopsis and rice genomes are the best-studied of
all plant genomes. Although even closely related plant species can show large variations in …

A 105-kilobase bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone from the ovate-containing region
of tomato chromosome 2 was sequenced and annotated. The tomato BAC sequence was …

Like the formation of animal species, plant speciation is characterized by the evolution of
barriers to genetic exchange between previously interbreeding populations. Prezygotic …

Large segmental duplications cover much of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Little is
known about their origins. We show that they are primarily due to at least four different large …

Genome duplication followed by massive gene loss has permanently shaped the genomes
of many higher eukaryotes, particularly angiosperms. It has long been believed that a …