Gan, X;
Hay, A;
Kwantes, M;
Haberer, G;
Hallab, A;
Dello Ioio, R;
Hofhuis, H;
... Tsiantis, M; + view all
(2016)
The Cardamine hirsuta genome offers insight into the evolution of morphological diversity.
Nature Plants
, 2
(11)
, Article 16167. 10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.167.
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Abstract
Finding causal relationships between genotypic and phenotypic variation is a key focus of evolutionary biology, human genetics and plant breeding. To identify genome-wide patterns underlying trait diversity, we assembled a high-quality reference genome of Cardamine hirsuta, a close relative of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We combined comparative genome and transcriptome analyses with the experimental tools available in C. hirsuta to investigate gene function and phenotypic diversification. Our findings highlight the prevalent role of transcription factors and tandem gene duplications in morphological evolution. We identified a specific role for the transcriptional regulators PLETHORA5/7 in shaping leaf diversity and link tandem gene duplication with differential gene expression in the explosive seed pod of C. hirsuta. Our work highlights the value of comparative approaches in genetically tractable species to understand the genetic basis for evolutionary change.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The Cardamine hirsuta genome offers insight into the evolution of morphological diversity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.167 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.167 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Plant Sciences, STEM-CELL NICHE, ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA, BRASSICACEAE, ORIGIN, TANDEM |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1528318 |
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