ArticlePlant physiology2019
Massive Tandem Proliferation of ELIPs Supports Convergent Evolution of Desiccation Tolerance across Land Plants.
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- Shaped by context: Evolutionary trajectories of desiccation tolerance in land plants.American journal of botany · 2026Review
- The architecture of resilience: a genome assembly of Myrothamnus flabellifolia sheds light on desiccation tolerance and sex determination.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Recovery Dynamics of Photosynthetic Performance and Antioxidant Defense in Resurrection PlantsPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Gene family rearrangements and transcriptional priming drive the evolution of vegetative desiccation tolerance in Selaginella.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Article
- Convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses.Nature plants · 2024Article
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- Dynamics of chromatin accessibility and genome wide control of desiccation tolerance in the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Acquisition of Freezing Tolerance of Resurrection Species from Gesneriaceae, a Comparative Study.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in wild animals and plants.Science China. Life sciences · 2023Review
- Transcriptional profiling analysis providing insights into desiccation tolerance mechanisms of the desert mossFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Combined genomic and transcriptomic analysis reveals the contribution of tandem duplication genes to low-temperature adaptation in perennial ryegrass.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Regulatory dynamics distinguishing desiccation tolerance strategies within resurrection grasses.Plant direct · 2022Article
- Coevolution of tandemly repeatedProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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Abstract
Desiccation tolerance was a critical adaptation for the colonization of land by early nonvascular plants. Resurrection plants have maintained or rewired these ancestral protective mechanisms, and desiccation-tolerant species are dispersed across the land plant phylogeny. Although common physiological, biochemical, and molecular signatures are observed across resurrection plant lineages, features underlying the recurrent evolution of desiccation tolerance are unknown. Here we used a comparative approach to identify patterns of genome evolution and gene duplication associated with desiccation tolerance. We identified a single gene family with dramatic expansion in all sequenced resurrection plant genomes and no expansion in desiccation-sensitive species. This gene family of early light-induced proteins (ELIPs) expanded in resurrection plants convergent through repeated tandem gene duplication. ELIPs are universally highly expressed during desiccation in all surveyed resurrection plants and may play a role in protecting against photooxidative damage of the photosynthetic apparatus during prolonged dehydration. Photosynthesis is particularly sensitive to dehydration, and the increased abundance of ELIPs may help facilitate the rapid recovery observed for most resurrection plants. Together, these observations support convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in land plants through tandem gene duplication.
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