Plastid genomes in flowering plants exhibit a conserved quadripartite organisation comprising two single-copy regions separated by a pair of inverted repeats. Over evolutionary time, these genomes ...

The plastid genome (plastome) represents an indispensable molecular resource for studying plant phylogeny and evolution. Although plastome size is much smaller than that of nuclear genomes, accurately ...

During the development of marine organisms—from fertilization through to juvenile stages—it is often observed that the eggs released into the water column are initially supplied with only a small ...