Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
The Mitochondrial Iron Regulated (MIR) gene is Oryza genus-specific and evolved before the speciation of major AA-genome lineages
B. H. N. de Oliveira, A. Wairich, A. C. Turchetto-Zolet…·F. K. Ricachenevsky
This paper shows the MIR gene in Oryza species evolved de novo from non-coding sequences and is responsive to Fe deficiency, except in O. barthii where genomic changes disrupted its function.
DOI 10.1101/846212