Lycophytes and seed plants constitute the typical vascular plants.Lycophytes have been thought to have no paleo-polyploidization although the event is known to be critical for the fast expansion of seed plants.Here,ge...Lycophytes and seed plants constitute the typical vascular plants.Lycophytes have been thought to have no paleo-polyploidization although the event is known to be critical for the fast expansion of seed plants.Here,genomic analyses including the homologous gene dot plot analysis detected multiple paleo-polyploidization events,with one occurring approximately 13–15 million years ago(MYA)and another about 125–142 MYA,during the evolution of the genome of Selaginella moellendorffii,a model lycophyte.In addition,comparative analysis of reconstructed ancestral genomes of lycophytes and angiosperms suggested that lycophytes were affected by more paleopolyploidization events than seed plants.Results from the present genomic analyses indicate that paleo-polyploidization has contributed to the successful establishment of both lineages—lycophytes and seed plants—of vascular plants.展开更多
基金the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(Grant No.2016YFD0101001)the China National Science Foundation(Grant Nos.31371282 to XW,31510333 to JW,and 31661143009 to XW)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(Grant No.C2015209069 to JW)Tangshan Key Laboratory Project to XW。
文摘Lycophytes and seed plants constitute the typical vascular plants.Lycophytes have been thought to have no paleo-polyploidization although the event is known to be critical for the fast expansion of seed plants.Here,genomic analyses including the homologous gene dot plot analysis detected multiple paleo-polyploidization events,with one occurring approximately 13–15 million years ago(MYA)and another about 125–142 MYA,during the evolution of the genome of Selaginella moellendorffii,a model lycophyte.In addition,comparative analysis of reconstructed ancestral genomes of lycophytes and angiosperms suggested that lycophytes were affected by more paleopolyploidization events than seed plants.Results from the present genomic analyses indicate that paleo-polyploidization has contributed to the successful establishment of both lineages—lycophytes and seed plants—of vascular plants.