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ArticleGenome biology and evolution2021

Whole-Genome Sequencing of Acer catalpifolium Reveals Evolutionary History of Endangered Species.

Tao Yu, Yiheng Hu, Yuyang Zhang, Ran Zhao, Xueqing Yan, Buddhi Dayananda, Jinpeng Wang, Yuannian Jiao, Junqing Li, Xin Yi

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Article in Genome biology and evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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10 authors.

Tao YuBeijing Key Laboratory for Forest Resources and Ecosystem Processes, Beijing Forestry University, China.
Yiheng HuState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yuyang ZhangThe National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of High Efficiency and Superior-Quality Cultivation and Fruit Deep Processing Technology on Characteristic Fruit Trees, College of Plant Science, Tarim University, Alear, China.
Ran ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xueqing YanState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Buddhi DayanandaSchool of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Jinpeng WangState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yuannian JiaoState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Junqing LiBeijing Key Laboratory for Forest Resources and Ecosystem Processes, Beijing Forestry University, China.
Xin YiState Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4240-7039

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acer catalpifolium is an endangered species restricted to remote localities of West China. Understanding the genomic content and evolution of A. catalpifolium is essential to conservation efforts of this rare and ecologically valuable plant. Here, we report a high-quality genome of A. catalpifolium consisting of ∼654 Mbp and ∼35,132 protein-coding genes. We detected 969 positively selected genes in two Acer genomes compared with four other eudicots, 65 of which were transcription factors. We hypothesize that these positively selected mutations in transcription factors might affect their function and thus contribute to A. catalpifolium's decline-type population. We also identified 179 significantly expanded gene families compared with 12 other eudicots, some of which are involved in stress responses, such as the FRS-FRF family. We inferred that A. catalpifolium has experienced gene family expansions to cope with environmental stress in its evolutionary history. Finally, 109 candidate genes encoding key enzymes in the lignin biosynthesis pathway were identified in A. catalpifolium; of particular note were the large range and high copy number of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase genes. The chromosome-level genome of A. catalpifolium presented here may serve as a fundamental genomic resource for better understanding endangered Acer species, informing future conservation efforts.

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AcerAnimalsEndangered SpeciesGenomeGenomicsPhylogenyWhole Genome SequencingAcer catalpifoliumcomparative genomicsgene family evolutionpositive selectionsmall population size

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