The genetics of convergent evolution: insights from plant photosynthesis

Altered Gene Regulatory Networks Are Associated With the Transition From C3 to Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Erycina (Oncidiinae: Orchidaceae)

(2019) Karolina Heyduk et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Shifts in gene expression profiles are associated with weak and strong Crassulacean acid metabolism

(2018) Karolina Heyduk et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Molecular evolution of key metabolic genes during transitions to C4 and CAM photosynthesis

(2018) Eric W. Goolsby et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Convergent evolution of floral shape tied to pollinator shifts in Iochrominae (Solanaceae)*

(2018) Stacey D. Smith et al.   EVOLUTION

Concerted anatomical change associated with crassulacean acid metabolism in the Bromeliaceae

(2018) Jamie Males   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Gene duplication and dosage effects during the early emergence of C4 photosynthesis in the grass genus Alloteropsis

(2018) Matheus E Bianconi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Convergent Evolution at the Pathway Level: Predictable Regulatory Changes during Flower Color Transitions

(2018) Maximilian Larter et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Synergistic Binding of bHLH Transcription Factors to the Promoter of the Maize NADP-ME Gene Used in C4 Photosynthesis Is Based on an Ancient Code Found in the Ancestral C3 State

(2018) Ana Rita Borba et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Some like it hot: the physiological ecology of C4 plant evolution

(2018) Rowan F. Sage et al.   OECOLOGIA

Natural Variation within a Species for Traits Underpinning C4Photosynthesis

(2018) Gregory Reeves et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Ancient duons may underpin spatial patterning of gene expression in C4leaves

(2018) Ivan Reyna-Llorens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Herbarium genomics retraces the origins of C4-specific carbonic anhydrase in Andropogoneae (Poaceae)

(2018) Guillaume Besnard et al.   Botany Letters

C4 anatomy can evolve via a single developmental change

(2018) Marjorie R. Lundgren et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Contingency and determinism in evolution: Replaying life’s tape

(2018) Zachary D. Blount et al.   SCIENCE

Introgression and repeated co-option facilitated the recurrent emergence of C4 photosynthesis among close relatives

(2017) Luke T. Dunning et al.   EVOLUTION

Highly Expressed Genes Are Preferentially Co-Opted for C4 Photosynthesis

(2017) Jose J Moreno-Villena et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

De novo Transcriptome Assembly and Comparison of C3, C3-C4, and C4 Species of Tribe Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae)

(2017) Maximilian Lauterbach et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Systems analysis ofcis-regulatory motifs in C4photosynthesis genes using maize and rice leaf transcriptomic data during a process of de-etiolation

(2016) Jiajia Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Cross species selection scans identify components of C 4 photosynthesis in the grasses

(2016) Pu Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A portrait of the C4photosynthetic family on the 50th anniversary of its discovery: species number, evolutionary lineages, and Hall of Fame

(2016) Rowan F. Sage   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Independent and Parallel Evolution of New Genes by Gene Duplication in Two Origins of C4 Photosynthesis Provides New Insight into the Mechanism of Phloem Loading in C4 Species

(2016) David M. Emms et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genome biogeography reveals the intraspecific spread of adaptive mutations for a complex trait

(2016) Jill K. Olofsson et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Evolutionary history of PEPC genes in green plants: Implications for the evolution of CAM in orchids

(2016) Hua Deng et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Evolution of a CAM anatomy predates the origins of Crassulacean acid metabolism in the Agavoideae (Asparagaceae)

(2016) Karolina Heyduk et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Evolutionary implications of C3-C4intermediates in the grassAlloteropsis semialata

(2016) Marjorie R. Lundgren et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species

(2015) Darren M. Crayn et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Gas exchange and leaf anatomy of a C3–CAM hybrid,Yucca gloriosa(Asparagaceae)

(2015) Karolina Heyduk et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Kranz and single-cell forms of C4plants in the subfamily Suaedoideae show kinetic C4convergence for PEPC and Rubisco with divergent amino acid substitutions

(2015) Josh J. Rosnow et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis

(2015) Ray Ming et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A simple mechanism for the establishment of C2-specific gene expression in Brassicaceae

(2015) Waly Adwy et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Reversible Burst of Transcriptional Changes during Induction of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Talinum triangulare

(2015) Dominik Brilhaus et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Convergent evolution of strigolactone perception enabled host detection in parasitic plants

(2015) C. E. Conn et al.   SCIENCE

Evolutionary bursts inEuphorbia(Euphorbiaceae) are linked with photosynthetic pathway

(2014) James W. Horn et al.   EVOLUTION

Leaf anatomical traits which accommodate the facultative engagement of crassulacean acid metabolism in tropical trees of the genus Clusia

(2014) V. A. Barrera Zambrano et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Shared origins of a key enzyme during the evolution of C4 and CAM metabolism

(2014) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Multiple isoforms of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in the Orchidaceae (subtribe Oncidiinae): implications for the evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism

(2014) Katia Silvera et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Light quality modulates metabolic synchronization over the diel phases of crassulacean acid metabolism

(2014) J. Ceusters et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Positive selection of Kranz and non-Kranz C4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase amino acids in Suaedoideae (Chenopodiaceae)

(2014) Josh J. Rosnow et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Deconstructing Kranz anatomy to understand C4 evolution

(2014) Marjorie R. Lundgren et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Comparative Transcriptomics of Convergent Evolution: Different Genes but Conserved Pathways Underlie Caste Phenotypes across Lineages of Eusocial Insects

(2014) Ali J. Berens et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Comparative analyses of C4 and C3 photosynthesis in developing leaves of maize and rice

(2014) Lin Wang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The genome sequence of the orchid Phalaenopsis equestris

(2014) Jing Cai et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

(2014) Norman J. Wickett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of photorespiration during the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in the genus Flaveria

(2014) Julia Mallmann et al.   eLife

Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project

(2014) Naim Matasci et al.   GigaScience

Predicting C4 Photosynthesis Evolution: Modular, Individually Adaptive Steps on a Mount Fuji Fitness Landscape

(2013) David Heckmann et al.   CELL

The recurrent assembly of C4 photosynthesis, an evolutionary tale

(2013) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

C3 and C4 leaf anatomy types in Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae)

(2013) Helmut Freitag et al.   PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION

Adaptive Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis through Recurrent Lateral Gene Transfer

(2012) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Angiosperm Responses to a Low-CO2 World: CAM and C4 Photosynthesis as Parallel Evolutionary Trajectories

(2012) Erika J. Edwards et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Scarecrow Plays a Role in Establishing Kranz Anatomy in Maize Leaves

(2012) Thomas L. Slewinski et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Evolution of GOLDEN2-LIKE gene function in C3 and C4 plants

(2012) Peng Wang et al.   PLANTA

Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4photosynthesis in grasses

(2012) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A single leaf of Camellia oleifera has two types of carbon assimilation pathway, C3 and crassulacean acid metabolism

(2012) M. Yuan et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The remarkable diversity of plant PEPC (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase): recent insights into the physiological functions and post-translational controls of non-photosynthetic PEPCs

(2011) Brendan O'Leary et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Induction and reversal of crassulacean acid metabolism in Calandrinia polyandra: effects of soil moisture and nutrients

(2011) Klaus Winter et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

C4 eudicots are not younger than C4 monocots

(2011) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth

(2011) R. F. Sage et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Phytozome: a comparative platform for green plant genomics

(2011) David M. Goodstein et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Evolution of C4Photosynthesis in the GenusFlaveria: How Many and Which Genes Does It Take to Make C4?

(2011) Udo Gowik et al.   PLANT CELL

Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages

(2011) M. Arakaki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Independent and Parallel Recruitment of Preexisting Mechanisms Underlying C4 Photosynthesis

(2011) N. J. Brown et al.   SCIENCE

An mRNA Blueprint for C4 Photosynthesis Derived from Comparative Transcriptomics of Closely Related C3 and C4 Species

(2010) A. Brautigam et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses

(2010) E. J. Edwards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Photorespiration: players, partners and origin

(2010) Hermann Bauwe et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Exploiting the potential of plants with crassulacean acid metabolism for bioenergy production on marginal lands

(2009) A. M. Borland et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Phylogenomics of C4 Photosynthesis in Sedges (Cyperaceae): Multiple Appearances and Genetic Convergence

(2009) G. Besnard et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

(2009) Andrew H. Paterson et al.   NATURE

Crassulacean Acid Metabolism and Epiphytism Linked to Adaptive Radiations in the Orchidaceae

(2009) K. Silvera et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Climate, phylogeny and the ecological distribution of C4 grasses

(2008) Erika J. Edwards et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evolutionary Switch and Genetic Convergence on rbcL following the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis

(2008) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolution of C4 Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Grasses, from Genotype to Phenotype

(2008) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli

(2008) Z. D. Blount et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Oligocene CO2 Decline Promoted C4 Photosynthesis in Grasses

(2007) Pascal-Antoine Christin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY