Throughout the years, most plant genomic studies were focused on nuclear chromosomes.
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) has largely been neglected for decades since its …

Unlike the typical single circular structure of most animal mitochondrial genomes
(mitogenome), the drastic structural variation of plant mitogenomes is a result of a mixture of …

The fate of new mitochondrial and plastid mutations depends on their ability to persist and
spread among the numerous organellar genome copies within a cell (heteroplasmy). The …

Genomic assemblies of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii have
provided important resources for researchers. However, assembly errors, large gaps, and …

Plasmids are extrachromosomal genetic elements that reside in prokaryotes. The acquisition
of plasmids encoding beneficial traits can facilitate short-term survival in harsh …

Abstract 40 years ago, organelle genomes were assumed to be streamlined and, perhaps,
unexciting remnants of their prokaryotic past. However, the field of organelle genomics has …

Background Centromeres load kinetochore complexes onto chromosomes, which mediate
spindle attachment and allow segregation during cell division. Although centromeres …

How mitochondria regulate the expression of their genes is poorly understood, partly
because methods have not been developed for stably transforming mitochondrial genomes …

Abstract Background Avena longiglumis Durieu (2 n= 2 x= 14) is a wild relative of cultivated
oat (Avena sativa, 2 n= 6 x= 42) with good agronomic and nutritional traits. The plant …

The angiosperm genus Silene has been the subject of extensive study in the field of ecology
and evolution, but the availability of high-quality reference genome sequences has been …