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ArticlePlant communications2025

The origin, evolution, and diversification of MADS-box transcription factors in green plants.

Jia-Peng Han, Jun-Nan Wan, Zhi-Lin Guan, Han Xu, Qing-Feng Wang, Tao Wan

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Article in Plant communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Jia-Peng HanState Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Jun-Nan WanState Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Zhi-Lin GuanState Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Han XuState Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Qing-Feng WangState Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China. Electronic address: qfwang@wbgcas.cn.
Tao WanState Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China. Electronic address: wantao@wbgcas.cn.

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Abstract

MADS-box genes are among the most important regulatory elements in eukaryotes and have undergone substantial diversification during the evolution of green plants (Viridiplantae). Although the evolution and function of MADS-box genes have been studied extensively, our understanding of their origin and diversification in Viridiplantae remains incomplete. Here, we performed systematic analyses of genomic data from 551 representative eukaryotes, focusing on both sequences and protein structures, to clarify the evolutionary history of MADS-box genes across green-plant lineages. Our analyses suggested that plant type I genes have a polyphyletic origin and that the two subfamilies of plant type II genes (i.e., MIKC

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Evolution, MolecularMADS Domain ProteinsPlant ProteinsViridiplantaePhylogenyMADS Domain ProteinsPlant Proteinsdiversificationgreen plantsMADS-box genesorigin

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