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ArticleNature communications2026

Divergent genome fractionation and adaptation following polyploidy in the Araliaceae.

Jia-Qing Lei, Yu-Qian Niu, Xin-Feng Wang, Jia-Hui Hai, Hai-Xin Yu, Yu-Xuan Feng, Bao Liu, Jonathan Wendel, Lin-Feng Li

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Jia-Qing Lei *State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3976-1136
Yu-Qian Niu *State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xin-Feng WangState Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China. wangxf@scbg.ac.cn.
Jia-Hui HaiState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hai-Xin YuState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yu-Xuan FengState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Bao LiuKey Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5481-1675
Jonathan WendelDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2258-5081
Lin-Feng LiState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. lilinfeng@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-2820-3187

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31970235
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Abstract

Cyclic polyploidization/diploidization is a driving force in the evolution of eukaryotes. It remains unclear how post-polyploidy reshuffling of ancestral genomes is correlated with evolutionary and ecological diversification. The Araliaceae consists of > 1500 diverse species of herbs, shrubs and trees, which have undergone several polyploidization/diploidization events and have adapted to different forest ecosystem habitats. Here, by leveraging 20 genomes/subgenomes and 561 transcriptomes, we demonstrate that the genome architecture and transcriptional landscape of extant Araliaceae have undergone remodeling associated with polyploidizations/diploidizations. Phenotypic comparisons revealed that phylogenetically distinct species of the Araliaceae have repeatedly evolved shade- and open-habitat phenotypes, accompanied by leaf morphology, efficiency of photosynthesis and carbon fixation. Biased genetic fractionation and transcriptional remodeling of the photomorphogenesis (e.g. PhyB and PIFs) and photosynthesis (e.g. Lhcb-1 and Rubisco) networks are associated with this ecological adaptation. Our study provides evidence that post-polyploidy reshuffling and fractionation correlate with phenotypic and ecological diversification.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalGenome, PlantPolyploidyEcosystemEvolution, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantPhenotypePhotosynthesisPhylogenyPlant LeavesTranscriptome

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PMCPMC13680509

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