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 …

Free‐living cyanobacteria were entrapped by eukaryotic cells~ 2 billion years ago, ultimately
giving rise to chloroplasts. After a century of debate, the presence of chloroplast DNA was …

Background Modern civilization depends on only a few plant species for its nourishment.
These crops were derived via several thousands of years of human selection that …

We describe GenomeVx, a web-based tool for making editable, publication-quality, maps of
mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes and of large plasmids. These maps show the …

Point mutations result from errors made during DNA replication or repair, so they are usually
expected to be homogeneous across all regions of a genome. However, we have found a …

Mungbean is an economically important crop which is grown principally for its protein-rich
dry seeds. However, genomic research of mungbean has lagged behind other species in …

Chickpea (Cicerarietinum, Leguminosae), an important grain legume, is widely used for food
and fodder throughout the world. We sequenced the complete plastid genome of chickpea …

Plastid genomes contain a conserved set of genes encoding components of the translational
apparatus. While knockout of plastid translation is lethal in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), it is …

The plastid genome (plastome), while surprisingly constant in gene order and content
across most photosynthetic angiosperms, exhibits variability in several unrelated lineages …

To date, publicly available plastid genomes of legumes have for the most part been limited
to the subfamily Papilionoideae. Here we report 13 new plastid genomes of legumes …