Evolution and Expression Divergence of Legume PAL Genes Suggest Associations with Drought Response and Root Nodule Development.
Comparative genomic analyses provide insight into the mechanisms underlying gene-family evolution and crop adaptation. Here, we used the legume phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) gene family as a model and integrated pan-genomic, phylogenetic, molecular evolutionary, duplication-mode, and transcriptomic analyses, while...