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The Physcomitrella genome reveals evolutionary insights into the conquest of land by plants.
Rensing SA,
Lang D,
Zimmer AD,
Terry A,
Salamov A,
Shapiro H,
Nishiyama T,
Perroud PF,
Lindquist EA,
Kamisugi Y,
Tanahashi T,
Sakakibara K,
Fujita T,
Oishi K,
Shin-I T,
Kuroki Y,
Toyoda A,
Suzuki Y,
Hashimoto S,
Yamaguchi K,
Sugano S,
Kohara Y,
Fujiyama A,
Anterola A,
Aoki S,
Ashton N,
Barbazuk WB,
Barker E,
Bennetzen JL,
Blankenship R,
Cho SH,
Dutcher SK,
Estelle M,
Fawcett JA,
Gundlach H,
Hanada K,
Heyl A,
Hicks KA,
Hughes J,
Lohr M,
Mayer K,
Melkozernov A,
Murata T,
Nelson DR,
Pils B,
Prigge M,
Reiss B,
Renner T,
Rombauts S,
Rushton PJ,
Sanderfoot A,
Schween G,
Shiu SH,
Stueber K,
Theodoulou FL,
Tu H,
Van de Peer Y,
Verrier PJ,
Waters E,
Wood A,
Yang L,
Cove D,
Cuming AC,
Hasebe M,
Lucas S,
Mishler BD,
Reski R,
Grigoriev IV,
Quatrano RS,
Boore JL.
Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
We report the draft genome sequence of the model moss Physcomitrella patens and compare its features with those of flowering plants, from which it is separated by more than 400 million years, and unicellular aquatic algae. This comparison reveals genomic changes concomitant with the evolutionary movement to land, including a general increase in gene family complexity; loss of genes associated with aquatic environments (e.g., flagellar arms); acquisition of genes for tolerating terrestrial stresses (e.g., variation in temperature and water availability); and the development of the auxin and abscisic acid signaling pathways for coordinating multicellular growth and dehydration response. The Physcomitrella genome provides a resource for phylogenetic inferences about gene function and for experimental analysis of plant processes through this plant's unique facility for reverse genetics.
PMID: 18079367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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