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Plant Genomes: From Sequence to Function Across Evolutionary Time

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It has only been a little over a decade since the first plant genome sequence was made available. Since then, major advancements in the understanding of not only plant genomes but also plant biology have been made. From genome sequence data, the overall distribution of genes, transposable elements, and other chromosome landmarks in multiple species that span the taxa within angiosperms and lower land plants is known. At the genome level, an area of active investigation is the structure and function of protein-coding genes, and their evolution as plant genomes undergoes rampant gene and genome duplication events. Indeed, access to genome sequence and annotation has revealed that all plant genomes contain a high number of paralogous gene families, which provide a template for diversification that can lead to phenotypic diversity. The application of the next-generation sequencing technology to plant genomes has enabled the sequencing of hundreds of genomes within a species. At a...

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  1. Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Kevin L. Childs & C. Robin Buell

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Childs, K.L., Buell, C.R. (2014). Plant Genomes: From Sequence to Function Across Evolutionary Time. In: Bell, E. (eds) Molecular Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6436-5_100-3

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