Nature Communications (Jul 2021)
The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts
- Tao Wan,
- Zhiming Liu,
- Ilia J. Leitch,
- Haiping Xin,
- Gillian Maggs-Kölling,
- Yanbing Gong,
- Zhen Li,
- Eugene Marais,
- Yiying Liao,
- Can Dai,
- Fan Liu,
- Qijia Wu,
- Chi Song,
- Yadong Zhou,
- Weichang Huang,
- Kai Jiang,
- Qi Wang,
- Yong Yang,
- Zhixiang Zhong,
- Ming Yang,
- Xue Yan,
- Guangwan Hu,
- Chen Hou,
- Yingjuan Su,
- Shixiu Feng,
- Ji Yang,
- Jijun Yan,
- Jinfang Chu,
- Fan Chen,
- Jinhua Ran,
- Xiaoquan Wang,
- Yves Van de Peer,
- Andrew R. Leitch,
- Qingfeng Wang
Affiliations
- Tao Wan
- Core Botanical Gardens/Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhiming Liu
- Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, FairyLake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ilia J. Leitch
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Haiping Xin
- Core Botanical Gardens/Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Gillian Maggs-Kölling
- Gobabeb Research and Training Centre
- Yanbing Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University
- Zhen Li
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University
- Eugene Marais
- Gobabeb Research and Training Centre
- Yiying Liao
- Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, FairyLake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Can Dai
- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University
- Fan Liu
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qijia Wu
- Seqhealth Technology
- Chi Song
- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
- Yadong Zhou
- Core Botanical Gardens/Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Weichang Huang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
- Kai Jiang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
- Qi Wang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
- Yong Yang
- College of Biology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University
- Zhixiang Zhong
- Core Botanical Gardens/Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ming Yang
- Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, FairyLake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xue Yan
- Core Botanical Gardens/Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangwan Hu
- Core Botanical Gardens/Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chen Hou
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry
- Yingjuan Su
- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Shixiu Feng
- Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, FairyLake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ji Yang
- Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University
- Jijun Yan
- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jinfang Chu
- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fan Chen
- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jinhua Ran
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xiaoquan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yves Van de Peer
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University
- Andrew R. Leitch
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
- Qingfeng Wang
- Core Botanical Gardens/Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24528-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 15
Abstract
Welwitschia mirabilis is a unique plant that only has two leaves, but it can survive in hostile conditions of the African desert. Here, the authors report its chromosome-level genome assembly and discuss how gene function and regulation have given rise to its unique morphology and environmental adaptions.
