Ancient duplication events and a high rate of retention of extant pairs of duplicate genes
have contributed to an abundance of duplicate genes in plant genomes. These duplicates …

The actin filament is astonishingly well conserved across a diverse set of eukaryotic species.
It has essentially remained unchanged in the billion years that separate yeast, Arabidopsis …

Fleshy fruits using ethylene to regulate ripening have developed multiple times in the history
of angiosperms, presenting a clear case of convergent evolution whose molecular basis …

Plant metabolism underpins many traits of ecological and agronomic importance. Plants
produce numerous compounds to cope with their environments but the biosynthetic …

Species tree inference is fundamental to our understanding of the evolution of life on earth.
However, species tree inference from molecular sequence data is complicated by gene …

Comparative sequence analysis has significantly altered our view on the complexity of
genome organization and gene functions in different kingdoms. PLAZA 3.0 is designed to …

Horticultural plants play various and critical roles for humans by providing fruits, vegetables,
materials for beverages, and herbal medicines and by acting as ornamentals. They have …

All plants synthesize basic metabolites needed for survival (primary metabolism), but
different taxa produce distinct metabolites that are specialized for specific environmental …

Auxin plays crucial roles in multiple developmental processes, such as embryogenesis,
organogenesis, cell determination and division, as well as tropic responses. These …

Prior to the availability of whole-genome sequences, our understanding of the structural and
functional aspects of Prunus tree genomes was limited mostly to molecular genetic mapping …