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The Physcomitrella genome reveals evolutionary insights into the conquest of land by plants
Yoko KurokiDavid J. CoveDavid J. CoveJeffrey L. BennetzenPaul J. RushtonTakashi MurataTakashi MurataKeiko SakakibaraRalf ReskiGabriele SchweenAnton A. SanderfootErika LindquistIgor V. GrigorievStefan A. RensingAsao FujiyamaAsao FujiyamaSusan LucasBrent D. MishlerPierre-françois PerroudAtsushi ToyodaKaren A. HicksKaren A. HicksW. Brad BarbazukSumio SuganoKurt StueberJon HughesKazuko OishiMitsuyasu HasebeMitsuyasu HasebeAndrew C. CumingYves Van De PeerAldwin M. AnterolaBernd ReissSung Hyun ChoTakako TanahashiTakako TanahashiDaniel LangJeffrey L. BooreJeffrey L. BooreMark EstelleP. J. VerrierSetsuyuki AokiElizabeth I. BarkerShin-han ShiuAndrew J. WoodLixing YangShin-ichi HashimotoHeidrun GundlachMichael J. PriggeHarris ShapiroKazuo YamaguchiMartin LohrAlexander HeylAlexander N. MelkozernovKlaus F. X. MayerSusan K. DutcherDavid R. NelsonRalph S. QuatranoTadasu Shin-iTanya RennerBirgit PilsAndreas ZimmerYuji KoharaYuji KoharaYutaka SuzukiHank TuRobert E. BlankenshipAstrid TerryYasuko KamisugiTomomichi FujitaStephane RombautsNeil W. AshtonTomoaki NishiyamaAsaf SalamovKousuke HanadaElizabeth R. WatersFrederica L. TheodoulouJeffrey A. Fawcettsubject
DNA RepairRetroelementsPhyscomitrellaArabidopsisPhyscomitrella patensGenes PlantGenomeMagnoliopsidaPhylogeneticsGene DuplicationGene familyAnimalsGenePhylogenyPlant ProteinsRepetitive Sequences Nucleic AcidGeneticsWhole genome sequencingMultidisciplinarybiologyDehydrationfood and beveragesComputational BiologyOryzaSequence Analysis DNAbiology.organism_classificationAdaptation PhysiologicalBiological EvolutionBryopsidaMulticellular organismMultigene FamilyChlamydomonas reinhardtiiGenome PlantMetabolic Networks and PathwaysSignal Transductiondescription
We report the draft genome sequence of the model moss Physcomitrella patens and compare its features with those of flowering plants, from which it is separated by more than 400 million years, and unicellular aquatic algae. This comparison reveals genomic changes concomitant with the evolutionary movement to land, including a general increase in gene family complexity; loss of genes associated with aquatic environments (e.g., flagellar arms); acquisition of genes for tolerating terrestrial stresses (e.g., variation in temperature and water availability); and the development of the auxin and abscisic acid signaling pathways for coordinating multicellular growth and dehydration response. The Physcomitrella genome provides a resource for phylogenetic inferences about gene function and for experimental analysis of plant processes through this plant's unique facility for reverse genetics.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2008-01-04 |