We report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the flowering plant Amborella
trichopoda. This enormous, 3.9-megabase genome contains six genome equivalents of …

Horizontal gene transfer is surprisingly common among plant mitochondrial genomes. The
first well-established case involves a homing group I intron in the mitochondrial cox1 gene …

Background Lichens, encompassing 20,000 known species, are symbioses between specialized
fungi (mycobionts), mostly ascomycetes, and unicellular green algae or cyanobacteria (…

Key message Our understanding of the dynamic and evolution of RNA editing in angiosperms
is in part limited by the few editing sites identified to date. This study identified 10,217 …

The plastid and nuclear genomes of parasitic plants exhibit deeply altered architectures, 1–13
whereas the few examined mitogenomes range from deeply altered to conventional. To …

… For the reconstruction of the mtDNA, we followed the methodology described by Sanchez-Puerta
et al. (2015). First, assembly parameters were optimized with the program Velvet O…

Four eukaryotic lineages, namely, haptophytes, alveolates, cryptophytes, and heterokonts,
contain in most cases photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic members—the photosynthetic …

Angiosperm mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) exhibit variable quantities of alien sequences.
Many of these sequences are acquired by intracellular gene transfer (IGT) from the plastid. …

In land plant mitochondria, C-to-U RNA editing converts cytidines into uridines at highly
specific RNA positions called editing sites. This editing step is essential for the correct …

Dinoflagellates are a diverse group of protists, comprising photosynthetic and heterotrophic
free-living species, as well as parasitic ones. About half of them are photosynthetic with …