Chen, Qu & Zhang perform kingdom-wide evolutionary analyses across 364 Archaeplastida genomes and find massive PPR gene expansions in early-diverging land plants, predominantly driven by dispersed duplication associated with retroposition. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag168 #societyjournal #PlantSky
Kingdom-wide evolutionary characterization of RNA editing factors in ArchaeplastidaAbstract. RNA editing, a post-transcriptional modification in plant mitochondria and plastids, is essential for environmental adaptation and diverse physiodoi.org