1. The first ten years of plant genome sequencing and prospects for the next decade (L. Flagel and B. Blackman) -- 2. Plant transposable elements: biology and evolution (E. Kejnovsky, J. Hawkins, C. Feschotte) -- 3. The impact of transposable elements on gene and genome evolution (R. Slotkin, S. Nuthikattu, and N. Jiang) -- 4. Centromeres:  sequences, structure, and biology (C. Hirsch and J. Jiang) -- 5. Telomeres and their biology (M. Siomos and K. Riha) -- 6. The biology and dynamics of plant small RNAs (T.-F. Lee, P. Li, and B. Meyers ) -- 7. Variation in rates of molecular evolution in plants and implications for estimating divergence times  (J. Burleigh) -- 8. Conserved non-coding sequences in plant genomes (S. Subramaniam and M. Freeling) -- 9. Plant mitochondrial genome diversity – the genomics revolution (J. Mower, D. Sloan, and A. Alverson) -- 10. Plastid genome diversity (P. Wolf) -- 11. Duplication and turnover in plant genomes (M. Barker) -- 12. Concerted evolution of multigene families and homoeologous recombination (G. Nieto-Feliner and J.A. Rossello) -- 13. Synteny and genomic rearrangements (A. Paterson, X. Wang, H. Tang, and T. H. Lee) -- 14. The variation of base composition in plant genomes (P. Smarda and P. Bures) -- 15. Chromatin modifications in plants (X. Zhang) -- 16. Evolutionary significance of epigenetic variation (C. Richards, K. J. F. Verhoeven and O. Bossdorf ).

In this timely new 2-volume treatise, experts from around the world have banded together to produce a first-of-its-kind synopsis of the exciting and fast moving field of plant evolutionary genomics. In Volume I of Plant Genome Diversity, an update is provided on what we have learned from plant genome sequencing projects. This is followed by more focused chapters on the various genomic “residents” of plant genomes, including transposable elements, centromeres, small RNAs, and the evolutionary dynamics of genes and non-coding sequences. Attention is drawn to advances in our understanding of plant mitochondrial and plastid genomes, as well as the significance of duplication in genic evolution and the non-independent evolution among sequences in plant genomes. Finally, Volume I provides an introduction to the vibrant new frontier of plant epigenomics, describing the current state of our knowledge and the evolutionary implications of the epigenomic landscape.