Can Green Algal Plastid Genome Size Be Explained by DNA Repair Mechanisms?

Order, please! Uncertainty in the ordinal-level classification of Chlorophyceae

(2019) Karolina Fučíková et al.   PeerJ

The mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes of the green alga Haematococcus are made up of nearly identical repetitive sequences

(2019) Xi Zhang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Comparative analysis of Chlorosarcinopsis eremi mitochondrial genome with some Chlamydomonadales algae

(2019) Fatemeh Khani-Juyabad et al.   PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

Exploring the Limits and Causes of Plastid Genome Expansion in Volvocine Green Algae

(2018) Hager Gaouda et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Single-strand annealing between inverted DNA repeats: Pathway choice, participating proteins, and genome destabilizing consequences

(2018) Sreejith Ramakrishnan et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Plastid Genome of Polytoma uvella Is the Largest Known among Colorless Algae and Plants and Reflects Contrasting Evolutionary Paths to Nonphotosynthetic Lifestyles

(2016) Francisco Figueroa-Martinez et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Chloroplast phylogenomic analysis of chlorophyte green algae identifies a novel lineage sister to the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyceae)

(2015) Claude Lemieux et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Massive and Widespread Organelle Genomic Expansion in the Green Algal Genus Dunaliella

(2015) Michael Del Vasto et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Direct Estimate of the Spontaneous Mutation Rate Uncovers the Effects of Drift and Recombination in theChlamydomonas reinhardtiiPlastid Genome

(2015) Rob W. Ness et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Short Inverted Repeats Are Hotspots for Genetic Instability: Relevance to Cancer Genomes

(2015) Steve Lu et al.   Cell Reports

Genes and Junk in Plant Mitochondria—Repair Mechanisms and Selection

(2014) Alan C. Christensen   Genome Biology and Evolution

Sources of DNA Double-Strand Breaks and Models of Recombinational DNA Repair

(2014) A. Mehta et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The “fossilized” mitochondrial genome of Liriodendron tulipifera: ancestral gene content and order, ancestral editing sites, and extraordinarily low mutation rate

(2013) Aaron O Richardson et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Plant Mitochondrial Genome Evolution Can Be Explained by DNA Repair Mechanisms

(2013) Alan C. Christensen   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Dunaliella salina organelle genomes: large sequences, inflated with intronic and intergenic DNA

(2010) David Smith et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Low Nucleotide Diversity for the Expanded Organelle and Nuclear Genomes of Volvox carteri Supports the Mutational-Hazard Hypothesis

(2010) D. R. Smith et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The mitochondrial and plastid genomes of Volvox carteri: bloated molecules rich in repetitive DNA

(2009) David Smith et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Mitochondrial Genome of the Colorless Green Alga Polytomella capuana: A Linear Molecule with an Unprecedented GC Content

(2008) D. R. Smith et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION