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Title: Mesostigma viride Genome and Transcriptome Provide Insights into the Origin and Evolution of Streptophyta
Authors: Liang, Z.
Geng, Y.
Ji, C.
Du, H.
Wong, C.E. 
Zhang, Q.
Zhang, Y.
Zhang, P.
Riaz, A.
Chachar, S.
Ding, Y.
Wen, J.
Wu, Y.
Wang, M.
Zheng, H.
Wu, Y.
Demko, V.
Shen, L.
Han, X.
Zhang, P.
Gu, X.
Yu, H. 
Keywords: evolution
green algae
Mesostigma viride
multicellularity
Streptophyta
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Citation: Liang, Z., Geng, Y., Ji, C., Du, H., Wong, C.E., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhang, P., Riaz, A., Chachar, S., Ding, Y., Wen, J., Wu, Y., Wang, M., Zheng, H., Wu, Y., Demko, V., Shen, L., Han, X., Zhang, P., Gu, X., Yu, H. (2020). Mesostigma viride Genome and Transcriptome Provide Insights into the Origin and Evolution of Streptophyta. Advanced Science 7 (1) : 1901850. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201901850
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: The Streptophyta include unicellular and multicellular charophyte green algae and land plants. Colonization of the terrestrial habitat by land plants is a major evolutionary event that has transformed the planet. So far, lack of genome information on unicellular charophyte algae hinders the understanding of the origin and the evolution from unicellular to multicellular life in Streptophyta. This work reports the high-quality reference genome and transcriptome of Mesostigma viride, a single-celled charophyte alga with a position at the base of Streptophyta. There are abundant segmental duplications and transposable elements in M. viride, which contribute to a relatively large genome with high gene content compared to other algae and early diverging land plants. This work identifies the origin of genetic tools that multicellular Streptophyta have inherited and key genetic innovations required for the evolution of land plants from unicellular aquatic ancestors. The findings shed light on the age-old questions of the evolution of multicellularity and the origin of land plants. © 2019 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Source Title: Advanced Science
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/198309
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901850
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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