Plastomes on the edge: the evolutionary breakdown of mycoheterotroph plastid genomes

A few-gene plastid phylogenetic framework for mycoheterotrophic monocots

(2016) Vivienne K.Y. Lam et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Drastic reduction of plastome size in the mycoheterotrophic Thismia tentaculata relative to that of its autotrophic relative Tacca chantrieri

(2016) Gwynne S. Lim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Physiological Functions of Cyclic Electron Transport Around Photosystem I in Sustaining Photosynthesis and Plant Growth

(2016) Wataru Yamori et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

NDH-1 and NDH-2 Plastoquinone Reductases in Oxygenic Photosynthesis

(2016) Gilles Peltier et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

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

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

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

Comparative analysis of plastid genomes of non-photosynthetic Ericaceae and their photosynthetic relatives

(2016) Maria D. Logacheva et al.   Scientific Reports

PBR1 selectively controls biogenesis of photosynthetic complexes by modulating translation of the large chloroplast gene Ycf1 in Arabidopsis

(2016) Xiao-Fei Yang et al.   Cell Discovery

Plastid phylogenomics and molecular evolution of Alismatales

(2015) T. Gregory Ross et al.   CLADISTICS

The Plastomes of Two Species in the Endoparasite GenusPilostyles(Apodanthaceae) Each Retain Just Five or Six Possibly Functional Genes

(2015) Sidonie Bellot et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Highly Reduced Plastome of MycoheterotrophicSciaphila(Triuridaceae) Is Colinear with Its Green Relatives and Is under Strong Purifying Selection

(2015) Vivienne K.Y. Lam et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Proposal of a Twin Aarginine Translocator System-Mediated Constraint against Loss of ATP Synthase Genes from Nonphotosynthetic Plastid Genomes

(2015) Ryoma Kamikawa et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Massive intracellular gene transfer during plastid genome reduction in nongreen Orobanchaceae

(2015) Natalie Cusimano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

YCF1: A Green TIC?

(2015) Jan de Vries et al.   PLANT CELL

Massive gene loss in mistletoe (Viscum, Viscaceae) mitochondria

(2015) G. Petersen et al.   Scientific Reports

Investigating the Path of Plastid Genome Degradation in an Early-Transitional Clade of Heterotrophic Orchids, and Implications for Heterotrophic Angiosperms

(2014) Craig F. Barrett et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Next-generation sequencing data suggest that certain nonphotosynthetic green plants have lost their plastid genomes

(2014) David Roy Smith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A Plastid without a Genome: Evidence from the Nonphotosynthetic Green Algal Genus Polytomella

(2014) D. R. Smith et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Parasitic plants have increased rates of molecular evolution across all three genomes

(2013) Lindell Bromham et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The plastid genome of the mycoheterotrophic Corallorhiza striata (Orchidaceae) is in the relatively early stages of degradation

(2012) Craig F. Barrett et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Thioredoxin-insensitive plastid ATP synthase that performs moonlighting functions

(2012) K. Kohzuma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

The evolution of the plastid chromosome in land plants: gene content, gene order, gene function

(2011) Susann Wicke et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Evolution of mycoheterotrophy in plants: a phylogenetic perspective

(2010) Vincent Merckx et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An organellar maturase associates with multiple group II introns

(2010) R. Zoschke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolution of parasitism in plants

(2010) James H. Westwood et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Parallel Loss of Plastid Introns and Their Maturase in the Genus Cuscuta

(2009) Joel R. McNeal et al.   PLoS One

Green plants that feed on fungi: facts and questions about mixotrophy

(2009) Marc-André Selosse et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Functional Gene Losses Occur with Minimal Size Reduction in the Plastid Genome of the Parasitic Liverwort Aneura mirabilis

(2007) N. J. Wickett et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION