Genome-wide analyses across Viridiplantae reveal the origin and diversification of small RNA pathway-related genes

Sibo Wang; Hongping Liang; Yan Xu; Linzhou Li; Hongli Wang; Durgesh Nandini Sahu; Morten Petersen; Michael Melkonian; Sunil Kumar Sahu; Huan Liu

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01933-5

Communications Biology (Mar 2021)

Genome-wide analyses across Viridiplantae reveal the origin and diversification of small RNA pathway-related genes

Sibo Wang,
Hongping Liang,
Yan Xu,
Linzhou Li,
Hongli Wang,
Durgesh Nandini Sahu,
Morten Petersen,
Michael Melkonian,
Sunil Kumar Sahu,
Huan Liu

Affiliations

Sibo Wang: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Hongping Liang: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Yan Xu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Linzhou Li: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Hongli Wang: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Durgesh Nandini Sahu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Morten Petersen: Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
Michael Melkonian: Integrative Bioinformatics, Department Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Sunil Kumar Sahu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Huan Liu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01933-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Wang, Liang et al. conduct a genome-wide investigation into the origin of small RNA pathway-related genes in Viridiplantae. Their findings suggest that streptophyte algae progressively adapted to a subaerial environment through generation of these pathways.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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