ArticleNature plants2018
Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses.
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42 authors at 20 institutions in 10 countries.
Fay-Wei LiBoyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, USA. fl329@cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0076-0152
Paul BrouwerMolecular Plant Physiology Department, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Lorenzo Carretero-PauletBioinformatics Institute Ghent and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Shifeng ChengBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China.
Jan de VriesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3507-5195
Pierre-Marc DelauxLaboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Castanet Tolosan, France.
Ariana EilyDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Nils KoppersDepartment of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Li-Yaung KuoBoyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3388-3757
Zheng LiDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Mathew SimencDepartment of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA.
Ian SmallARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5300-1216
Eric WafulaDepartment of Biology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Stephany AngaritaDepartment of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA.
Michael S BarkerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7173-1319
Andrea BräutigamFaculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5309-0527
Claude dePamphilisDepartment of Biology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Sven GouldInstitute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2038-8474
Prashant S HosmaniBoyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Yao-Moan HuangTaiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan.
Bruno HuettelMax Planck Genome Centre Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne, Germany.
Yoichiro KatoInstitute for Sustainable Agro-ecosystem Services, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Xin LiuBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3256-2940
Steven MaereBioinformatics Institute Ghent and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5341-136X
Rose McDowellARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Lukas A MuellerBoyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Klaas G J NieropGeolab, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Stefan A RensingFaculty of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0225-873X
Tanner RobisonDepartment of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-9786
Carl J RothfelsUniversity Herbarium and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6605-1770
Erin M SigelDepartment of Biology, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA.
Yue SongBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China.
Prakash R TimilsenaDepartment of Biology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Yves Van de PeerBioinformatics Institute Ghent and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4327-3730
Hongli WangBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China.
Per K I WilhelmssonFaculty of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8578-3387
Paul G WolfDepartment of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
Xun XuBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China.
Joshua P DerDepartment of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9668-2525
Henriette SchluepmannMolecular Plant Physiology Department, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Gane K-S WongBGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6108-5560
Kathleen M PryerDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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Abstract
Ferns are the closest sister group to all seed plants, yet little is known about their genomes other than that they are generally colossal. Here, we report on the genomes of Azolla filiculoides and Salvinia cucullata (Salviniales) and present evidence for episodic whole-genome duplication in ferns-one at the base of 'core leptosporangiates' and one specific to Azolla. One fern-specific gene that we identified, recently shown to confer high insect resistance, seems to have been derived from bacteria through horizontal gene transfer. Azolla coexists in a unique symbiosis with N
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