Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is increasingly being recognized as a significant force in the
evolution of eukaryotic genomes. Plants have been both donors and recipients of …

Mitochondrial heteroplasmy is defined as the coexistence of divergent mitochondrial
genotypes in a cell. The ratio of the alternative genomes may be variable, but in plants, the …

The chloroplast genome of Pelargonium× hortorum has been completely sequenced. It
maps as a circular molecule of 217,942 bp and is both the largest and most rearranged land …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has played a major role in bacterial evolution and is fairly
common in certain unicellular eukaryotes. However, the prevalence and importance of HGT …

Recent studies have suggested that plant genomes have undergone potentially rampant
horizontal gene transfer (HGT), especially in the mitochondrial genome. Parasitic plants …

Background The central function of chloroplasts is to carry out photosynthesis, and its gene
content and structure are highly conserved across land plants. Parasitic plants, which have …

The exchange of genetic material between cellular organelles through intracellular gene
transfer (IGT) or between species by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has played an important …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT)-is defined as the acquisition of genetic material from another
organism. However, recent findings indicate a possible role of HGT in the acquisition of traits …

With the completion of the first gymnosperm mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) from Cycas
taitungensis and the availability of more mtDNA taxa in the past 5 years, we have conducted …

Angiosperm mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) exhibit variable quantities of alien sequences.
Many of these sequences are acquired by intracellular gene transfer (IGT) from the plastid …