The Organelle Genomes in the Photosynthetic Red Algal Parasite Pterocladiophila hemisphaerica (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) Have Elevated Substitution Rates and Extreme Gene Loss in the Plastid Genome

Novel genetic code and record-setting AT-richness in the highly reduced plastid genome of the holoparasitic plant Balanophora

(2019) Huei-Jiun Su et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Development of the red algal parasite Vertebrata aterrimophila sp. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales) from New Zealand

(2019) Maren Preuss et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

OrganellarGenomeDRAW (OGDRAW) version 1.3.1: expanded toolkit for the graphical visualization of organellar genomes

(2019) Stephan Greiner et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Gene loss and genome rearrangement in the plastids of five Hemiparasites in the family Orobanchaceae

(2018) Daniel C. Frailey et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Dense infraspecific sampling reveals rapid and independent trajectories of plastome degradation in a heterotrophic orchid complex

(2018) Craig F. Barrett et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Three new red algal parasites from New Zealand: Cladhymenia oblongifoliaphila sp. nov. (Rhodomelaceae), Phycodrys novae-zelandiaephila sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae) and Judithia parasitica sp. nov. (Kallymeniaceae)

(2018) Maren Preuss et al.   PHYCOLOGIA

Multiple losses of photosynthesis and convergent reductive genome evolution in the colourless green algae Prototheca

(2018) Shigekatsu Suzuki et al.   Scientific Reports

Punctuated plastome reduction and host–parasite horizontal gene transfer in the holoparasitic plant genus Aphyllon

(2018) Adam C. Schneider et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Molecular phylogenetics supports a clade of red algal parasites retaining native plastids: taxonomy and terminology revised

(2018) Eric D. Salomaki et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Comparative studies of photosynthetic capacity in three pigmented red algal parasites: Chlorophyll a concentrations and PAM fluorometry measurements

(2018) Maren Preuss et al.   PHYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH

ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates

(2017) Subha Kalyaanamoorthy et al.   NATURE METHODS

Understanding the evolution of holoparasitic plants: the complete plastid genome of the holoparasiteCytinus hypocistis(Cytinaceae)

(2016) Cristina Roquet et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The loss of photosynthetic pathways in the plastid and nuclear genomes of the non-photosynthetic mycoheterotrophic eudicot Monotropa hypopitys

(2016) Nikolai V. Ravin et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Assembled Plastid and Mitochondrial Genomes, as well as Nuclear Genes, Place the Parasite Family Cynomoriaceae in the Saxifragales

(2016) Sidonie Bellot et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Detecting and Characterizing the Highly Divergent Plastid Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic PlantHydnora visseri(Hydnoraceae)

(2016) Julia Naumann et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

W-IQ-TREE: a fast online phylogenetic tool for maximum likelihood analysis

(2016) Jana Trifinopoulos et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Mechanistic model of evolutionary rate variation en route to a nonphotosynthetic lifestyle in plants

(2016) Susann Wicke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Limited mitogenomic degradation in response to a parasitic lifestyle in Orobanchaceae

(2016) Weishu Fan et al.   Scientific Reports

Highly Conserved Mitochondrial Genomes among Multicellular Red Algae of the Florideophyceae

(2015) Eun Chan Yang et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Plastome Evolution in Hemiparasitic Mistletoes

(2015) Gitte Petersen et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Genetic segregation and differentiation of a common subtidal alga Pterocladia lucida (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) between Australia and New Zealand

(2015) Ga Hun Boo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

The ghost plastid ofChoreocolax polysiphoniae

(2015) Eric D. Salomaki et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Wasabi: An Integrated Platform for Evolutionary Sequence Analysis and Data Visualization

(2015) Andres Veidenberg et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Less Is More: An Adaptive Branch-Site Random Effects Model for Efficient Detection of Episodic Diversifying Selection

(2015) Martin D. Smith et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Massive intracellular gene transfer during plastid genome reduction in nongreen Orobanchaceae

(2015) Natalie Cusimano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Miniaturized mitogenome of the parasitic plantViscum scurruloideumis extremely divergent and dynamic and has lost allnadgenes

(2015) Elizabeth Skippington et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

What's in a name? Monophyly of genera in the red algae: Rhodophyllis parasitica sp. nov. (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta); a new red algal parasite from New Zealand

(2015) Maren Preuss et al.   ALGAE

RELAX: Detecting Relaxed Selection in a Phylogenetic Framework

(2014) Joel O. Wertheim et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Widespread occurrence of organelle genome-encoded 5S rRNAs including permuted molecules

(2014) Matus Valach et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Molecular evidence confirms the parasite Congracilaria babae (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) from Malaysia

(2013) Poh-Kheng Ng et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Ultrafast Approximation for Phylogenetic Bootstrap

(2013) B. Q. Minh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Mechanisms of Functional and Physical Genome Reduction in Photosynthetic and Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic Plants of the Broomrape Family

(2013) S. Wicke et al.   PLANT CELL

Rapid Evolution of Enormous, Multichromosomal Genomes in Flowering Plant Mitochondria with Exceptionally High Mutation Rates

(2012) Daniel B. Sloan et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Rampant Gene Loss in the Underground Orchid Rhizanthella gardneri Highlights Evolutionary Constraints on Plastid Genomes

(2011) E. Delannoy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Data mining approach identifies research priorities and data requirements for resolving the red algal tree of life

(2010) Heroen Verbruggen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Red Algae Lose Key Mitochondrial Genes in Response to Becoming Parasitic

(2010) Lillian Hancock et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTION OF RED ALGAL PARASITES: A CASE STUDY OF BENZAITENIA, JANCZEWSKIA, AND ULULANIA (CERAMIALES)1

(2010) Akira Kurihara et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic parasite, Polypodium hydriforme, within the Phylum Cnidaria

(2008) Nathaniel M Evans et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

From chloroplasts to “cryptic” plastids: evolution of plastid genomes in parasitic plants

(2008) Kirsten Krause   CURRENT GENETICS