Chloroplasts (plastids) possess a genome and their own machinery to express it. Translation
in plastids occurs on bacterial-type 70S ribosomes utilizing a set of tRNAs that is entirely …

The angiosperm genus Cuscuta lives as an almost achlorophyllous root-and leafless
holoparasite and has therefore occupied scientists for more than a century. The 'evolution'of …

Nonphotosynthetic plants possess strongly reconfigured plastomes attributable to
convergent losses of photosynthesis and housekeeping genes, making them excellent …

Rafflesia is a genus of holoparasitic plants endemic to Southeast Asia that has lost the ability
to undertake photosynthesis. With short-read sequencing technology, we assembled a draft …

The division of life into producers and consumers is blurred by evolution. For example,
eukaryotic phototrophs can lose the capacity to photosynthesize, although they may retain …

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 …

As the largest genus in Moraceae, Ficus is widely distributed across tropical and subtropical
regions and exhibits a high degree of adaptability to different environments. At present …

Litsea is a group of evergreen trees or shrubs in the laurel family, Lauraceae. Species of the
genus are widely used for a wide range of medicinal and industrial aspects. At present, most …

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 …

Carnivorous Lentibulariaceae exhibit the most sophisticated implementation of the
carnivorous syndrome in plants. Their unusual lifestyle coincides with distinct genomic …