Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Mikania micrantha genome provides insights into the molecular mechanism of rapid growth

  • Bo Liu,
  • Jian Yan,
  • Weihua Li,
  • Lijuan Yin,
  • Ping Li,
  • Hanxia Yu,
  • Longsheng Xing,
  • Minling Cai,
  • Hengchao Wang,
  • Mengxin Zhao,
  • Jin Zheng,
  • Feng Sun,
  • Zhenzhen Wang,
  • Zhaoyang Jiang,
  • Qiaojing Ou,
  • Shubin Li,
  • Lu Qu,
  • Qilei Zhang,
  • Yaping Zheng,
  • Xi Qiao,
  • Yu Xi,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Fan Jiang,
  • Cong Huang,
  • Conghui Liu,
  • Yuwei Ren,
  • Sen Wang,
  • Hangwei Liu,
  • Jianyang Guo,
  • Haihong Wang,
  • Hui Dong,
  • Changlian Peng,
  • Wanqiang Qian,
  • Wei Fan,
  • Fanghao Wan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13926-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Mikania micrantha is an extremely fast-growing invasive plant species that can cause serious damage to natural ecosystems. Here, the authors assemble its chromosome-scale reference genome and explore possible mechanisms that contribute to its rapid growth.