Chloranthus genome provides insights into the early diversification of angiosperms

Xing Guo, Dongming Fang, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Shuai Yang, Xuanmin Guang, Ryan Folk, Stephen A. Smith, Andre S. Chanderbali, Sisi Chen, Min Liu, Ting Yang, Shouzhou Zhang, Xin Liu, Xun Xu, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis () and Huan Liu ()
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Xing Guo: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Dongming Fang: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Sunil Kumar Sahu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Shuai Yang: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Xuanmin Guang: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Ryan Folk: Mississippi State University
Stephen A. Smith: University of Michigan
Andre S. Chanderbali: University of Florida
Sisi Chen: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Min Liu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Ting Yang: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Shouzhou Zhang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xin Liu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Xun Xu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen
Pamela S. Soltis: University of Florida
Douglas E. Soltis: University of Florida
Huan Liu: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Chloranthales remain the last major mesangiosperm lineage without a nuclear genome assembly. We therefore assemble a high-quality chromosome-level genome of Chloranthus spicatus to resolve enigmatic evolutionary relationships, as well as explore patterns of genome evolution among the major lineages of mesangiosperms (eudicots, monocots, magnoliids, Chloranthales, and Ceratophyllales). We find that synteny is highly conserved between genomic regions of Amborella, Vitis, and Chloranthus. We identify an ancient single whole-genome duplication (WGD) (κ) prior to the divergence of extant Chloranthales. Phylogenetic inference shows Chloranthales as sister to magnoliids. Furthermore, our analyses indicate that ancient hybridization may account for the incongruent phylogenetic placement of Chloranthales + magnoliids relative to monocots and eudicots in nuclear and chloroplast trees. Long genes and long introns are found to be prevalent in both Chloranthales and magnoliids compared to other angiosperms. Overall, our findings provide an improved context for understanding mesangiosperm relationships and evolution and contribute a valuable genomic resource for future investigations.

Date: 2021
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