ArticleGenome biology and evolution2015
Mutation rates in plastid genomes: they are lower than you might think.
Article in Genome biology and evolution, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
103 citing papers in PubMed, 313 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the Mitochondrial Genomes ofEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Complete organellar genomes of Cystophora brownii: Insights into mitochondrial and plastid structure and evolution in brown algae.Journal of phycology · 2026Article
- Phylogenetic and evolutionary insights into Oedogoniales from nine newly sequenced chloroplast genomes.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- DNA-based identification of plants and the genomic nature of plant species differences.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Plastome evolution and phylogenomics of Glycine (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae).BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Characteristics of the mitochondrial genome of the invasive plant Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its evolutionary significance.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genomes reveals the phylogenetic relationships of Lygodium Sw. (Lygodiaceae) species in China.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Hidden diversity in theFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- The complete plastome sequence ofMitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2026Article
- Plastome evidence repositionsFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- The rps15-rpl32 intergenic locus is a phylogeographic marker for Latin American Zea mays landrace varieties and subspecies.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Phylogenomic Inference Suggests Differential Deep Time Phylogenetic Signals from Nuclear and Organellar Genomes in Gymnosperms.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Article
- Article
- A recent large-scale intraspecific IR expansion and evolutionary dynamics of the plastome of Peucedanum japonicum.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Comparative genomics and evolutionary analyses of Sphaeropleales.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- The organelle genomes of the endangered seagrassFrontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Plastome characterization and its phylogenetic implications on Lithocarpus (Fagaceae).BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Widespread adaptive evolution in angiosperm photosystems provides insight into the evolution of photosystem II repair.The Plant cell · 2024Article
- Comparison of the chloroplast genomics of nine endangered Habenaria species and phylogenetic analysis.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
43 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Within plastid-bearing species, the mutation rate of the plastid genome is often assumed to be greater than that of the mitochondrial genome. This assumption is based on early, pioneering studies of land plant molecular evolution, which uncovered higher rates of synonymous substitution in plastid versus mitochondrial DNAs. However, much of the plastid-containing eukaryotic diversity falls outside of land plants, and the patterns of plastid DNA evolution for embryophytes do not necessarily reflect those of other groups. Recent analyses of plastid and mitochondrial substitution rates in diverse lineages have uncovered very different trends than those recorded for land plants. Here, I explore these new data and argue that for many protists the plastid mutation rate is lower than that of the mitochondrion, including groups with primary or secondary plastids as well as nonphotosynthetic algae. These findings have far-reaching implications for how we view plastid genomes and how their sequences are used for evolutionary analyses, and might ultimately reflect a general tendency toward more efficient DNA repair mechanisms in plastids than in mitochondria.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.