Conventionally, phylogenetic (evolutionary) studies relied on the DNA sequences of a few genes, which are usually derived ...

Loss of plastid genes and genome functional degeneration have been reported several times in Cuscuta. However, the ...

Plastids are plant cellular organelles with their own genome ∼150 kb in size, and have a prokaryotic-type transcription and translation machinery. The plastid type that differentiates for ...

Natural history collections offer a unique opportunity to study the organellar genome compartments preserved in specimens. Abdullah, Henriquez CL, Croat TB, Poczai P*, Ahmedi I* (2021) Mutational ...

In this accessible text, Kevin Pyke expertly describes how the plastids are highly complex organelles at the very core of plant cellular function, providing final year undergraduate and graduate ...

What does the genome do? You might have heard that it is a blueprint for an organism. Or that it’s a bit like a recipe. But building an organism is much more complex than constructing a house or ...

Photosynthesis takes place inside chloroplasts, small compartments within plant cells that contain their own genome, ...

This research involves an experimental evolutionary experiment with selection lines of myxotrophic green algae to study the responses and gradual adaptations to heterotrophic and zero-light conditions ...

Except for identical twins, each person's DNA is unique. This is why people can be identified using DNA fingerprinting. DNA can be cut up and separated, which can form a 'bar code' that is ...

My more recent projects have dealt with mitochondrial genome assembly and analysis, and on competition between prokaryotic and eukaryotic carbon-fixers in mid-oceanic gyres.

Genome and mutations DNA replication is carefully controlled to preserve the genetic information. However, changes in the genome do sometimes occur. These changes are known as mutations.