Recent Acceleration of Plastid Sequence and Structural Evolution Coincides with Extreme Mitochondrial Divergence in the Angiosperm Genus Silene

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

MutS HOMOLOG1 Is a Nucleoid Protein That Alters Mitochondrial and Plastid Properties and Plant Response to High Light

(2011) Ying-Zhi Xu et al.   PLANT CELL

Recent loss of plastid-encoded ndh genes within Erodium (Geraniaceae)

(2011) J. Chris Blazier et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Mitochondrial Genome of the Legume Vigna radiata and the Analysis of Recombination across Short Mitochondrial Repeats

(2011) Andrew J. Alverson et al.   PLoS One

Extensive loss of translational genes in the structurally dynamic mitochondrial genome of the angiosperm Silene latifolia

(2010) Daniel B Sloan et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

When you can’t trust the DNA: RNA editing changes transcript sequences

(2010) Volker Knoop   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Extensive Loss of RNA Editing Sites in Rapidly Evolving Silene Mitochondrial Genomes: Selection vs. Retroprocessing as the Driving Force

(2010) D. B. Sloan et al.   GENETICS

Localized hypermutation and associated gene losses in legume chloroplast genomes

(2010) A. M. Magee et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

RecA maintains the integrity of chloroplast DNA molecules in Arabidopsis

(2010) Beth A. Rowan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Extreme Reconfiguration of Plastid Genomes in the Angiosperm Family Geraniaceae: Rearrangements, Repeats, and Codon Usage

(2010) M. M. Guisinger et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Crystal Structures of DNA-Whirly Complexes and Their Role inArabidopsisOrganelle Genome Repair

(2010) Laurent Cappadocia et al.   PLANT CELL

progressiveMauve: Multiple Genome Alignment with Gene Gain, Loss and Rearrangement

(2010) Aaron E. Darling et al.   PLoS One

SOAP2: an improved ultrafast tool for short read alignment

(2009) R. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution rate variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae

(2009) Daniel B Sloan et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Protein transport in organelles: Dual targeting of proteins to mitochondria and chloroplasts

(2009) Chris Carrie et al.   FEBS Journal

Diversity of the Arabidopsis Mitochondrial Genome Occurs via Nuclear-Controlled Recombination Activity

(2009) Maria P. Arrieta-Montiel et al.   GENETICS

Structure and evolution of junctions between inverted repeat and small single copy regions of chloroplast genome in non-core Caryophyllales

(2009) M. D. Logacheva et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

Fast evolution of the retroprocessed mitochondrial rps3 gene in Conifer II and further evidence for the phylogeny of gymnosperms

(2009) Jin-Hua Ran et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Plastid Evolution

(2008) Sven B. Gould et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Identification of new protein substrates for the chloroplast ATP-dependent Clp protease supports its constitutive role inArabidopsis

(2008) Tara M. Stanne et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

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

Comparative chloroplast genomics and phylogenetics of Fagopyrum esculentum ssp. ancestrale – A wild ancestor of cultivated buckwheat

(2008) Maria D Logacheva et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Extensive Rearrangements in the Chloroplast Genome of Trachelium caeruleum Are Associated with Repeats and tRNA Genes

(2008) Rosemarie C. Haberle et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

The Complete Nucleotide Sequences of the 5 Genetically Distinct Plastid Genomes of Oenothera, Subsection Oenothera: II. A Microevolutionary View Using Bioinformatics and Formal Genetic Data

(2008) S. Greiner et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Complete plastid genome sequence of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and the phylogenetic distribution of rps12 and clpP intron losses among legumes (Leguminosae)

(2008) Robert K. Jansen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Reticulate or tree-like chloroplast DNA evolution in Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae)?

(2008) Per Erixon et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Relative rates of synonymous substitutions in the mitochondrial, chloroplast and nuclear genomes of seed plants

(2008) G DROUIN et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Coordination of gene expression between organellar and nuclear genomes

(2008) Jesse D. Woodson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Whole-Gene Positive Selection, Elevated Synonymous Substitution Rates, Duplication, and Indel Evolution of the Chloroplast clpP1 Gene

(2008) Per Erixon et al.   PLoS One

Genome-wide analyses of Geraniaceae plastid DNA reveal unprecedented patterns of increased nucleotide substitutions

(2008) M. M. Guisinger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rates of Molecular Evolution Are Linked to Life History in Flowering Plants

(2008) S. A. Smith et al.   SCIENCE