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

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Pedicularis cheilanthifolia, an alpine plant in China

(2017) Ruiting Zhang et al.   Conservation Genetics Resources

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

(2016) Cristina Roquet et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

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

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

MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Complete Plastid Genome of the Recent Holoparasite Lathraea squamaria Reveals Earliest Stages of Plastome Reduction in Orobanchaceae

(2016) Tahir H. Samigullin et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Evolutionary dynamics of the plastid inverted repeat: the effects of expansion, contraction, and loss on substitution rates

(2015) Andan Zhu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

YCF1: A Green TIC?

(2015) Jan de Vries et al.   PLANT CELL

A Comparative Analysis of Whole Plastid Genomes from the Apiales: Expansion and Contraction of the Inverted Repeat, Mitochondrial to Plastid Transfer of DNA, and Identification of Highly Divergent Noncoding Regions

(2015) Stephen R. Downie et al.   SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Mimosoid legume plastome evolution: IR expansion, tandem repeat expansions, and accelerated rate of evolution in clpP

(2015) Diana V. Dugas et al.   Scientific Reports

Predominant and Substoichiometric Isomers of the Plastid Genome Coexist within Juniperus Plants and Have Shifted Multiple Times during Cupressophyte Evolution

(2014) Wenhu Guo et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

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

Possible Loss of the Chloroplast Genome in the Parasitic Flowering Plant Rafflesia lagascae (Rafflesiaceae)

(2014) Jeanmaire Molina et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Whole Plastome Sequences from Five Ginger Species Facilitate Marker Development and Define Limits to Barcode Methodology

(2014) Justin N. Vaughn et al.   PLoS One

Phylogeny and origins of holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae

(2013) J. R. McNeal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

(2013) S. Wicke et al.   PLANT CELL

Single-Copy Nuclear Genes Place Haustorial Hydnoraceae within Piperales and Reveal a Cretaceous Origin of Multiple Parasitic Angiosperm Lineages

(2013) Julia Naumann et al.   PLoS One

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Genomic Characterization for Parasitic Weeds of the Genus by Sample Sequence Analysis

(2012) Matt C. Estep et al.   Plant Genome

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

(2011) Susann Wicke et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chloroplast genome sequence of the moss Tortula ruralis: gene content, polymorphism, and structural arrangement relative to other green plant chloroplast genomes

(2010) Melvin J Oliver et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Complete chloroplast genome of Oncidium Gower Ramsey and evaluation of molecular markers for identification and breeding in Oncidiinae

(2010) Fu-Hui Wu et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Plant Plastid Engineering

(2010) Shabir H. Wani et al.   CURRENT GENOMICS

The evolution of chloroplast genome structure in ferns

(2010) Paul G. Wolf et al.   GENOME

Implications of the Plastid Genome Sequence of Typha (Typhaceae, Poales) for Understanding Genome Evolution in Poaceae

(2010) Mary M. Guisinger et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids

(2010) P. J. Keeling   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolution of chloroplast genes and genomes in ferns

(2010) Paul G. Wolf et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Plastid ndh genes in plant evolution

(2010) Mercedes Martín et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

The evolution of parasitism in plants

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

Functional characterization of the thylakoid Ndh complex phosphorylation by site-directed mutations in the ndhF gene

(2009) Mercedes Martín et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Evolution of reduced and compact chloroplast genomes (cpDNAs) in gnetophytes: Selection toward a lower-cost strategy

(2009) Chung-Shien Wu et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A trans -splicing group I intron and tRNA-hyperediting in the mitochondrial genome of the lycophyte Isoetes engelmannii

(2009) Felix Grewe et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Whirly proteins maintain plastid genome stability in Arabidopsis

(2009) A. Marechal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The complete plastid genome sequence of Welwitschia mirabilis: an unusually compact plastome with accelerated divergence rates

(2008) Skip R McCoy et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Dynamics and evolution of the inverted repeat-large single copy junctions in the chloroplast genomes of monocots

(2008) Rui-Jiang Wang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

(2008) Kirsten Krause   CURRENT GENETICS

Cloning and expression of a plastid-encoded subunit, beta-carboxyltransferase gene (accD) and a nuclear-encoded subunit, biotin carboxylase of acetyl-CoA carboxylase from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)

(2008) Alisa Nakkaew et al.   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