Land plants evolved from charophytic algae, among which Charophyceae possess the most
complex body plans. We present the genome of Chara braunii; comparison of the genome …

The draft genome of the moss model, Physcomitrella patens, comprised approximately 2000
unordered scaffolds. In order to enable analyses of genome structure and evolution we …

Animal and plant development starts with a constituting phase called embryogenesis, which
evolved independently in both lineages 1 . Comparative anatomy of vertebrate development…

Highlights • Multifactorial study designs result in improved prediction power. • More focus
should be placed on directional targeting to cell compartments. • Previously neglected inside …

Background Perception and transduction of temperature changes result in altered growth
enabling plants to adapt to increased ambient temperature. While PHYTOCHROME-…

High‐throughput RNA sequencing ( RNA ‐seq) has recently become the method of choice
to define and analyze transcriptomes. For the model moss Physcomitrella patens, although …

Plant genomes encode many lineage-specific, unique transcription factors. Expansion of
such gene families has been previously found to coincide with the evolution of morphological …

Understanding local adaptation in forest trees is currently a key research and societal
priority. Geographically and ecologically marginal populations provide ideal case studies, …

A recent surge of studies have suggested that many novel genes arise de novo from previously
noncoding DNA and not by duplication. However, most studies concentrated on longer …

Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) is a keystone conifer of European montane forest ecosystems that
has experienced large fluctuations in population size during during the Quaternary and, …