The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University · Nanjing Agricultural University · +23 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Water lilies belong to the angiosperm order Nymphaeales. Amborellales, Nymphaeales and Austrobaileyales together form the so-called ANA-grade of angiosperms, which are extant representatives of lineages that diverged the earliest from the lineage leading to the extant mesangiosperms 1–3 . Here we report the 409-megabase genome sequence of the blue-petal water lily ( Nymphaea colorata ). Our phylogenomic analyses support Amborellales and Nymphaeales as successive sister lineages to all other extant angiosperms. The N. colorata genome and 19 other water lily transcriptomes reveal a Nymphaealean whole-genome duplication event, which is shared by Nymphaeaceae and possibly Cabombaceae. Among the genes…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 107.13
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 71
Authors
47- LZLiangsheng ZhangCorresponding
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
- FCFei Chen
Nanjing Agricultural University, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- XZXingtan Zhang
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
- ZLZhen Li
Ghent University, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
- YZYiyong Zhao
Pennsylvania State University, Fudan University, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Genome
- Lineage (genetic)
- Petal
- Phylogenetic tree
- Evolutionary biology
- Living fossil
- Botany
- Clean water and sanitation
Funding
- ECEuropean CommissionAwards: 322739, FP7/2007-2013, 2007-2013, FP7/2007
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAwards: 31801898, FP7/2007-2013, FP7/2007
- UGUniversiteit GentAward: BOFPDO2018001701
- SKState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementAward: ZW201909
- BOBijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent
- SKState Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Chinese Academy of Forestry