Publications by authors named "Ruth Wambui Mbichi"
Heat shock factor (HSF) genes are essential in some of the basic developmental pathways in plants. Despite extensive studies on the structure, functional diversification, and evolution of HSF genes, their divergence history and gene duplication pattern remain unknown. To further illustrate the probable divergence patterns in these subfamilies, we analyzed the evolutionary history of HSF genes using phylogenetic reconstruction and genomic syntenic analyses, taking advantage of the increased sampling of genomic data from pteridophytes, gymnosperms and basal angiosperms.
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- The study focuses on a diverse genus of aquatic plants, with 68 species in the Haloragaceae family, and analyzes their chloroplast genomes for insights into genetic evolution and phylogenetic relationships.
- Researchers sequenced the complete chloroplast genome of a species from this genus, finding it to be 158,858 base pairs long and revealing a unique quadripartite structure.
- A significant 4-kb inversion in the genome suggests evolutionary changes may have occurred due to climate shifts during the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, offering opportunities for deeper evolutionary research.