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The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants

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  • Liangsheng Zhang

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Fei Chen

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
    Nanjing Agricultural University)

  • Xingtan Zhang

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Zhen Li

    (Ghent University
    VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology)

  • Yiyong Zhao

    (Fudan University
    Pennsylvania State University)

  • Rolf Lohaus

    (Ghent University
    VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology)

  • Xiaojun Chang

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
    Shenzhen and Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wei Dong

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Simon Y. W. Ho

    (University of Sydney)

  • Xing Liu

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Aixia Song

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Junhao Chen

    (Zhejiang A&F University)

  • Wenlei Guo

    (Zhejiang A&F University)

  • Zhengjia Wang

    (Zhejiang A&F University)

  • Yingyu Zhuang

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Haifeng Wang

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Xuequn Chen

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Juan Hu

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Yanhui Liu

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Yuan Qin

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Kai Wang

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Shanshan Dong

    (Shenzhen and Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yang Liu

    (Shenzhen and Chinese Academy of Sciences
    BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Shouzhou Zhang

    (Shenzhen and Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xianxian Yu

    (Xuchang University)

  • Qian Wu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Liangsheng Wang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xueqing Yan

    (University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yuannian Jiao

    (University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Hongzhi Kong

    (University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiaofan Zhou

    (South China Agricultural University)

  • Cuiwei Yu

    (Zhejiang Humanities Landscape Co. Ltd.)

  • Yuchu Chen

    (Zhejiang Humanities Landscape Co. Ltd.)

  • Fan Li

    (Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Jihua Wang

    (Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Wei Chen

    (Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

  • Xinlu Chen

    (University of Tennessee)

  • Qidong Jia

    (University of Tennessee)

  • Chi Zhang

    (University of Tennessee)

  • Yifan Jiang

    (Nanjing Agricultural University)

  • Wanbo Zhang

    (Nanjing Agricultural University)

  • Guanhua Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Jianyu Fu

    (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Feng Chen

    (Nanjing Agricultural University
    University of Tennessee
    University of Tennessee)

  • Hong Ma

    (Pennsylvania State University)

  • Yves Peer

    (Ghent University
    VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology
    University of Pretoria)

  • Haibao Tang

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

Abstract

Water lilies belong to the angiosperm order Nymphaeales. Amborellales, Nymphaeales and Austrobaileyales together form the so-called ANA-grade of angiosperms, which are extant representatives of lineages that diverged the earliest from the lineage leading to the extant mesangiosperms1–3. Here we report the 409-megabase genome sequence of the blue-petal water lily (Nymphaea colorata). Our phylogenomic analyses support Amborellales and Nymphaeales as successive sister lineages to all other extant angiosperms. The N. colorata genome and 19 other water lily transcriptomes reveal a Nymphaealean whole-genome duplication event, which is shared by Nymphaeaceae and possibly Cabombaceae. Among the genes retained from this whole-genome duplication are homologues of genes that regulate flowering transition and flower development. The broad expression of homologues of floral ABCE genes in N. colorata might support a similarly broadly active ancestral ABCE model of floral organ determination in early angiosperms. Water lilies have evolved attractive floral scents and colours, which are features shared with mesangiosperms, and we identified their putative biosynthetic genes in N. colorata. The chemical compounds and biosynthetic genes behind floral scents suggest that they have evolved in parallel to those in mesangiosperms. Because of its unique phylogenetic position, the N. colorata genome sheds light on the early evolution of angiosperms.

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  • Liangsheng Zhang & Fei Chen & Xingtan Zhang & Zhen Li & Yiyong Zhao & Rolf Lohaus & Xiaojun Chang & Wei Dong & Simon Y. W. Ho & Xing Liu & Aixia Song & Junhao Chen & Wenlei Guo & Zhengjia Wang & Yingy, 2020. "The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants," Nature, Nature, vol. 577(7788), pages 79-84, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:577:y:2020:i:7788:d:10.1038_s41586-019-1852-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1852-5
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