Chloroplast genomes: diversity, evolution, and applications in genetic engineering

H Daniell, CS Lin, M Yu, WJ Chang - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Chloroplasts play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth. The availability of over 800
sequenced chloroplast genomes from a variety of land plants has enhanced our …

Specificity in legume-rhizobia symbioses

M Andrews, ME Andrews - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Most species in the Leguminosae (legume family) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2) via
symbiotic bacteria (rhizobia) in root nodules. Here, the literature on legume-rhizobia …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary dynamics of chloroplast genomes in subfamily Aroideae (Araceae)

CL Henriquez, I Ahmed, MM Carlsen, A Zuluaga… - Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Aroideae is the largest and most diverse subfamily of the plant family Araceae. Despite its
agricultural and horticultural importance, the genomic resources are sparse for this …

Highly resolved papilionoid legume phylogeny based on plastid phylogenomics

IS Choi, D Cardoso, LP De Queiroz… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Comprising 501 genera and around 14,000 species, Papilionoideae is not only the largest
subfamily of Fabaceae (Leguminosae; legumes), but also one of the most extraordinarily …

Molecular evolution of chloroplast genomes in Monsteroideae (Araceae)

CL Henriquez, Abdullah, I Ahmed, MM Carlsen… - Planta, 2020 - Springer
Main conclusion This study provides broad insight into the chloroplast genomes of the
subfamily Monsteroideae. The identified polymorphic regions may be suitable for designing …

Mimosoid legume plastome evolution: IR expansion, tandem repeat expansions and accelerated rate of evolution in clpP

DV Dugas, D Hernandez, EJM Koenen, E Schwarz… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The Leguminosae has emerged as a model for studying angiosperm plastome evolution
because of its striking diversity of structural rearrangements and sequence variation …

Extensive genomic rearrangements mediated by repetitive sequences in plastomes of Medicago and its relatives

S Wu, J Chen, Y Li, A Liu, A Li, M Yin, N Shrestha… - BMC Plant …, 2021 - Springer
Background Although plastomes are highly conserved with respect to gene content and
order in most photosynthetic angiosperms, extensive genomic rearrangements have been …

The chicken or the egg? Plastome evolution and an independent loss of the inverted repeat in papilionoid legumes

C Lee, IS Choi, D Cardoso, HC de Lima… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The plastid genome (plastome), while surprisingly constant in gene order and content
across most photosynthetic angiosperms, exhibits variability in several unrelated lineages …

Plastid phylogenomic insights into the evolution of the Caprifoliaceae sl (Dipsacales)

HX Wang, H Liu, MJ Moore, S Landrein, B Liu… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The family Caprifoliaceae sl is an asterid angiosperm clade of ca. 960 species, most of
which are distributed in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Recent studies show …

Dynamic evolution and phylogenomic analysis of the chloroplast genome in Schisandraceae

B Li, Y Zheng - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Chloroplast genomes of plants are highly conserved in both gene order and gene content,
are maternally inherited, and have a lower rate of evolution. Chloroplast genomes are …