Plant life critically depends on the function of MADS-box genes encoding MADS-domain
transcription factors, which are present to a limited extent in nearly all major eukaryotic groups, …

Conifers have dominated forests for more than 200 million years and are of huge ecological
and economic importance. Here we present the draft assembly of the 20-gigabase genome …

MADS-domain transcription factors are involved in signal transduction and developmental
control in plants, animals and fungi. Because their diversification is linked to the origin of …

Vascular plants appeared ~410 million years ago, then diverged into several lineages of
which only two survive: the euphyllophytes (ferns and seed plants) and the lycophytes. We …

The large size and complexity of most fern genomes have hampered efforts to elucidate
fundamental aspects of fern biology and land plant evolution through genome-enabled research…

In a world of global warming, the question emerges whether all plants have suitable
mechanisms to keep pace with the rapidly changing environment. Most previous studies have …

Plant cell walls are the largest reservoir of organic carbon on earth. To breach and utilize this
carbohydrate-rich protective barrier, microbes secrete plant cell wall degrading enzymes (…

… based on their phylogeny and structural features (Gramzow and Theissen, 2010). The Type
I … groups are quite low but our results concur with previous studies (Gramzow et al., 2012). …

… (D–L). In situ hybridization analyses of OsMADS29 in ovules … (K–L). A magnification of the
transverse section of a seed at … (L). Part of pericarp of seed at 7 DAP. CC, cross-cells; EM, …

We map 114 gene gains and 74 gene losses in the P450 gene family across the phylogeny
of 12 Drosophila species by examining the congruence of gene trees and species trees. …