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 …

Balancing protection and efficiency in the regulation of photosynthetic electron transport across plant evolution

A Alboresi, M Storti, T Morosinotto - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 105 I. Introduction 105 II. Diversity of molecular mechanisms for
regulation of photosynthetic electron transport 106 III. Role of FLVs in the regulation of …

What can we do with 1000 plastid genomes?

J Tonti‐Filippini, PG Nevill, K Dixon, I Small - The Plant Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The plastid genome of plants is the smallest and most gene‐rich of the three genomes in
each cell and the one generally present in the highest copy number. As a result, obtaining …

Exceptional reduction of the plastid genome of saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea): Loss of the ndh gene suite and inverted repeat

MJ Sanderson, D Copetti, A Búrquez… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: Land‐plant plastid genomes have only rarely undergone significant
changes in gene content and order. Thus, discovery of additional examples adds power to …

Concomitant loss of NDH complex‐related genes within chloroplast and nuclear genomes in some orchids

CS Lin, JJW Chen, CC Chiu, HCW Hsiao… - The Plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The chloroplast NAD (P) H dehydrogenase‐like (NDH) complex consists of about
30 subunits from both the nuclear and chloroplast genomes and is ubiquitous across most …

Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Pinaceae updated by transcriptomic analysis

JH Ran, TT Shen, H Wu, X Gong, XQ Wang - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pinaceae comprises 11 genera, and represents the largest family of conifers with an
extensive wild distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. Intergeneric relationships of …

Plastid phylogenomics and molecular evolution of Alismatales

TG Ross, CF Barrett, M Soto Gomez, VKY Lam… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Past phylogenetic studies of the monocot order Alismatales left several higher‐order
relationships unresolved. We addressed these uncertainties using a nearly complete genus …

More than a spiny morphology: plastome variation in the prickly pear cacti (Opuntieae)

M Köhler, M Reginato, JJ Jin, LC Majure - Annals of Botany, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Plastid genomes (plastomes) have long been recognized as highly conserved
in their overall structure, size, gene arrangement and content among land plants. However …

Evolution of 101 Apocynaceae plastomes and phylogenetic implications

Y Wang, CF Zhang, WO Odago, H Jiang… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Apocynaceae are one of the ten species-richest angiosperm families. However, the
backbone phylogeny of the family is yet less well supported, and the evolution of plastome …

The complete plastome sequences of four orchid species: insights into the evolution of the Orchidaceae and the utility of plastomic mutational hotspots

Z Niu, Q Xue, S Zhu, J Sun, W Liu, X Ding - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Orchidaceae (orchids) is the largest family in the monocots, including about 25,000 species
in 880 genera and five subfamilies. Many orchids are highly valued for their beautiful and …