title: Life at the extreme: lessons from the genome.
abstract: Extremophile plants thrive in places where most plant species cannot survive. Recent developments in high-throughput technologies and comparative genomics are shedding light on the evolutionary mechanisms leading to their adaptation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Dong-Ha
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Maheshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dassanayake
authors.forename: Hans J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bohnert
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cheeseman
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003080:Cold Temperature; D056915:DNA Copy Number Variations; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D018745:Genome, Plant; D023281:Genomics; D006358:Hot Temperature; D035683:MicroRNAs; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D054712:Salinity; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D035683:MicroRNAs