Although considered an extremely unlikely event, many genes emerge from previously
noncoding genomic regions. This review covers the entire life cycle of such de novo genes …

Tradeoffs among plant traits help maintain relative fitness under unpredictable conditions
and maximize reproductive success. However, modifying tradeoffs is a breeding challenge …

The genus Oryza is a model system for the study of molecular evolution over time scales
ranging from a few thousand to 15 million years. Using 13 reference genomes spanning the …

While our knowledge about the roles of microbes and viruses in the ocean has increased
tremendously due to recent advances in genomics and metagenomics, research on marine …

Genes for which homologs can be detected only in a limited group of evolutionarily related
species, called “lineage-specific genes,” are pervasive: Essentially every lineage has them …

De novo gene origination has been recently established as an important mechanism for the
formation of new genes. In organisms with a large genome, intergenic and intronic regions …

With global climate change, water scarcity threatens whole agro/ecosystems. The desert
moss Syntrichia caninervis, an extremophile, offers novel insights into surviving desiccation …

For most sequenced flowering plants, multiple whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are
found. Duplicated genes following WGD often have different fates that can quickly disappear …

The birth of new genes is an important motor of evolutionary innovation. Whereas many new
genes arise by gene duplication, others originate at genomic regions that did not contain …

The allocation of carbon and nitrogen resources to the synthesis of plant proteins,
carbohydrates, and lipids is complex and under the control of many genes; much remains to …