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Plastid genome evolution in mycoheterotrophic Ericaceae.
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- Convergent Plastome Evolution and Gene Loss in Holoparasitic Lennoaceae.Genome biology and evolution · 2018Article
- Punctuated plastome reduction and host-parasite horizontal gene transfer in the holoparasitic plant genusProceedings. Biological sciences · 2018Article
- Mixotrophy in Pyroleae (Ericaceae) from Estonian boreal forests does not vary with light or tissue age.Annals of botany · 2017Article
- Degeneration of photosynthetic capacity in mixotrophic plants,Plant diversity · 2017Article
- The loss of photosynthetic pathways in the plastid and nuclear genomes of the non-photosynthetic mycoheterotrophic eudicot Monotropa hypopitys.BMC plant biology · 2016Article
- Understanding the evolution of holoparasitic plants: the complete plastid genome of the holoparasite Cytinus hypocistis (Cytinaceae).Annals of botany · 2016Article
- Comparative analysis of plastid genomes of non-photosynthetic Ericaceae and their photosynthetic relatives.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Detecting and Characterizing the Highly Divergent Plastid Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic Plant Hydnora visseri (Hydnoraceae).Genome biology and evolution · 2016Article
- Plastome Evolution in Hemiparasitic Mistletoes.Genome biology and evolution · 2015Article
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- The rise of the photosynthetic rate when light intensity increases is delayed in ndh gene-defective tobacco at high but not at low CO2 concentrations.Frontiers in plant science · 2015Article
- Possible loss of the chloroplast genome in the parasitic flowering plant Rafflesia lagascae (Rafflesiaceae).Molecular biology and evolution · 2014Article
- Mechanisms of functional and physical genome reduction in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic parasitic plants of the broomrape family.The Plant cell · 2013Article
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Abstract
Unlike parasitic plants, which are linked to their hosts directly through haustoria, mycoheterotrophic (MHT) plants derive all or part of their water and nutrients from autothrophs via fungal mycorrhizal intermediaries. Ericaceae, the heather family, are a large and diverse group of plants known to form elaborate symbiotic relationships with mycorrhizal fungi. Using PHYA sequence data, we first investigated relationships among mycoheterotrophic Ericaceae and their close autotrophic relatives. Phylogenetic results suggest a minimum of two independent origins of MHT within this family. Additionally, a comparative investigation of plastid genomes (plastomes) grounded within this phylogenetic framework was conducted using a slot-blot Southern hybridization approach. This survey encompassed numerous lineages of Ericaceae with different life histories and trophic levels, including multiple representatives from mixotrophic Pyroleae and fully heterotrophic Monotropeae and Pterosporeae. Fifty-four probes derived from all categories of protein coding genes typically found within the plastomes of flowering plants were used. Our results indicate that the holo-mycoheterotrophic Ericaceae exhibit extensive loss of genes relating to photosynthetic function and expression of the plastome but retain genes with possible functions outside photosynthesis. Mixotrophic taxa tend to retain most genes relating to photosynthetic functions but are varied regarding the plastid ndh gene content. This investigation extends previous inferences that the loss of the NDH complex occurs prior to becoming holo-heterotrophic and it shows that the pattern of gene losses among mycoheterotrophic Ericaceae is similar to that of haustorial parasites. Additionally, we identify the most desirable candidate species for entire plastome sequencing.
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