Journal article
Authors list: Rensing, SA; Lang, D; Zimmer, AD; Terry, A; Salamov, A; Shapiro, H; Nishiyama, T; Perroud, PF; Lindquist, EA; Kamisugi, Y; Tanahashi, T; Sakakibara, K; Fujita, T; Oishi, K; Shin-I, T; Kuroki, Y; Toyoda, A; Suzuki, Y; Hashimoto, S; Yamaguchi, K; Sugano, S; Kohara, Y; Fujiyama, A; Anterola, A; Aoki, S; Ashton, N; Barbazuk, WB; Barker, E; Bennetzen, JL; Blankenship, R; Cho, SH; Dutcher, SK; Estelle, M; Fawcett, JA; Gundlach, H; Hanada, K; Heyl, A; Hicks, KA; Hughes, J; Lohr, M; Mayer, K; Melkozernov, A; Murata, T; Nelson, DR; Pils, B; Prigge, M; Reiss, B; Renner, T; Rombauts, S; Rushton, PJ; Sanderfoot, A; Schween, G; Shiu, SH; Stueber, K; Theodoulou, FL; Tu, H; Van de Peer, Y; Verrier, PJ; Waters, E; Wood, A; Yang, LX; Cove, D; Cuming, AC; Hasebe, M; Lucas, S; Mishler, BD; Reski, R; Grigoriev, IV; Quatrano, RS; Boore, JL; Grigoriev, IV; Quatrano, RS; Boore, JL
Publication year: 2008
Pages: 64-69
Journal: Science
Volume number: 319
Issue number: 5859
ISSN: 0036-8075
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1150646
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Abstract:
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.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Rensing, S., Lang, D., Zimmer, A., Terry, A., Salamov, A., Shapiro, H., et al. (2008) The Physcomitrella genome reveals evolutionary insights into the conquest of land by plants, Science, 319(5859), pp. 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1150646
APA Citation style: Rensing, S., Lang, D., Zimmer, A., Terry, A., Salamov, A., Shapiro, H., Nishiyama, T., Perroud, P., Lindquist, E., Kamisugi, Y., Tanahashi, T., Sakakibara, K., Fujita, T., Oishi, K., Shin-I, T., Kuroki, Y., Toyoda, A., Suzuki, Y., Hashimoto, S., ...Boore, J. (2008). The Physcomitrella genome reveals evolutionary insights into the conquest of land by plants. Science. 319(5859), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1150646
