Communications Biology (Oct 2021)
The genome of Shorea leprosula (Dipterocarpaceae) highlights the ecological relevance of drought in aseasonal tropical rainforests
- Kevin Kit Siong Ng,
- Masaki J. Kobayashi,
- Jeffrey A. Fawcett,
- Masaomi Hatakeyama,
- Timothy Paape,
- Chin Hong Ng,
- Choon Cheng Ang,
- Lee Hong Tnah,
- Chai Ting Lee,
- Tomoaki Nishiyama,
- Jun Sese,
- Michael J. O’Brien,
- Dario Copetti,
- Mohd Noor Mat Isa,
- Robert Cyril Ong,
- Mahardika Putra,
- Iskandar Z. Siregar,
- Sapto Indrioko,
- Yoshiko Kosugi,
- Ayako Izuno,
- Yuji Isagi,
- Soon Leong Lee,
- Kentaro K. Shimizu
Affiliations
- Kevin Kit Siong Ng
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Masaki J. Kobayashi
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Jeffrey A. Fawcett
- Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, SOKENDAI, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- Masaomi Hatakeyama
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Timothy Paape
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Chin Hong Ng
- Genetics Laboratory, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
- Choon Cheng Ang
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Lee Hong Tnah
- Genetics Laboratory, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
- Chai Ting Lee
- Genetics Laboratory, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
- Tomoaki Nishiyama
- Division of Integrated Omics research, Research Center for Experimental Modeling of Human Disease, Kanazawa University
- Jun Sese
- Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Michael J. O’Brien
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Dario Copetti
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Mohd Noor Mat Isa
- Malaysia Genome Institute
- Robert Cyril Ong
- Forest Research Centre
- Mahardika Putra
- Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University
- Iskandar Z. Siregar
- Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University
- Sapto Indrioko
- Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University
- Yoshiko Kosugi
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- Ayako Izuno
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- Yuji Isagi
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- Soon Leong Lee
- Genetics Laboratory, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
- Kentaro K. Shimizu
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02682-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Ng, Kobayashi, et al. present the genome assembly for the dipterocarp Shorea leprosula and present transcriptome data for ten more dipterocarp species of seven genera. The Shorea leprosula genome, along with drought stress experiments, demonstrate evidence for a whole-genome duplication (WGD) event dated to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, with WGD duplicates enriched in genes upregulated during the drought response.
