In plants, CG DNA methylation is prevalent in the transcribed regions of many constitutively
expressed genes (gene body methylation; gbM), but the origin and function of gbM remain …

Angiosperms have become the dominant terrestrial plant group by diversifying for ~145
million years into a broad range of environments. During the course of evolution, numerous …

Comparative genomics can unravel the genetic basis of species differences; however,
successful reports on quantitative traits are still scarce. Here we present genome assemblies of …

Arabis alpina is a characteristic plant in arctic‐alpine habitats and serves as a classical
example to demonstrate biology, ecology and biogeography of arctic‐alpine disjuncts. It has a …

Despite evolutionary conserved mechanisms to silence transposable element activity, there
are drastic differences in the abundance of transposable elements even among closely …

Flowering of many plants is induced by environmental signals, but these responses can
depend on the age of the plant. Exposure of Arabidopsis thaliana to vernalization (winter …

The occurrence of nonfunctional trnF pseudogenes has been rarely described in flowering
plants. However, we describe the first large-scale supernetwork for the Brassiccaeae built …

Molecular DNA based data sets are the most important resource for phylogenetic reconstruction.
Among the various marker systems, which were introduced and optimized within the …

Long-read sequencing can overcome the weaknesses of short reads in the assembly of
eukaryotic genomes; however, at present additional scaffolding is needed to achieve …

The mustard family (Brassicaceae) is a scientifically and economically important family,
containing the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and numerous crop species that feed billions …