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ArticleGenomics, proteomics & bioinformatics2025

Duckweed Evolution: from Land back to Water.

Yang Fang 方扬, Xueping Tian 田雪平, Yanling Jin 靳艳玲, Anping Du 杜安平, Yanqiang Ding 丁彦强, Zhihua Liao 廖志华, Kaize He 何开泽, Yonggui Zhao 赵永贵, Ling Guo 郭铃, Yao Xiao 肖瑶 and 17 more

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Article in Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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27 authors.

Yang Fang 方扬Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4535-457X
Xueping Tian 田雪平Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9556-2588
Yanling Jin 靳艳玲Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7667-8115
Anping Du 杜安平Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8697-7725
Yanqiang Ding 丁彦强Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7740-6696
Zhihua Liao 廖志华Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Center, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1283-4649
Kaize He 何开泽Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5077-7385
Yonggui Zhao 赵永贵School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences & Yunnan Key Laboratory for Plateau Mountain Ecology and Restoration of Degraded Environments, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6630-1717
Ling Guo 郭铃Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1986-3175
Yao Xiao 肖瑶Analytical and Testing Center, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong 643000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5727-4609
Yaliang Xu 许亚良Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9577-1726
Shuang Chen 陈爽Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0009-0000-2805-4797
Yuqing Che 车育青Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0009-0005-4894-8751
Li Tan 谭力Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5993-8544
Songhu Wang 汪松虎Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7822-769X
Jiatang Li 李家堂Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1799-194X
Zhuolin Yi 易卓林Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0009-0005-6877-2861
Lanchai Chen 陈兰钗Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6681-1509
Leyi Zhao 赵乐伊Pitzer college, California, CA 91711, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-2460-0916
Fangyuan Zhang 张芳源Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), SWU-TAAHC Medicinal Plant Joint R&D Center, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3840-9947
Guoyou Li 李国友Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9690-4044
Jinmeng Li 李瑾萌Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1619-3973
Qinli Xiong 熊勤犁Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3827-3437
Yongmei Zhang 张咏梅Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7777-0420
Qing Zhang 张庆School of Food and Bioengineering, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2940-7440
Xuan Hieu CaoDepartment of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1230-4127
Hai Zhao 赵海Agricultural Microbial Agents Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Engineering and Research Center for Natural Medicines, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6116-6149

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Terrestrialization is an important evolutionary process that plants experienced. However, little is known about how land plants acquired aquatic growth behaviors. Here, we integrate multiproxy evidence to elucidate the evolution of the aquatic plant duckweed. Three genera of duckweeds show chronologically gradual degeneration in root structure and stomatal function and a decrease in lignocellulose content, accompanied by the contraction of relevant gene families and/or a decline in their transcription levels. The number of genes in main phytohormone pathways is also gradually decreased. The coordinated action of genes involved in auxin signaling and rhizoid development causes a gradual decrease in adventitious roots. Additionally, the significant expansion of the flavonoid pathway is related to the adaptation of duckweeds to floating growth. This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of duckweeds, tracing its journey from land back to water - a reverse trajectory of early land plants.

Indexed as

AraceaeBiological EvolutionEvolution, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantPhylogenyPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant RootsWaterPlant Growth RegulatorsWaterAquaticDuckweedEvolutionGenomeTerrestrial

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