The Physcomitrella patens chromosome-scale assembly reveals moss genome structure and evolution

Plant Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 515-533

  Lang, Daniel ^a,b   Ullrich, Kristian K ^c,af   Murat, Florent ^d   Fuchs, Jörg ^e   Jenkins, Jerry ^f   Haas, Fabian B ^c   Piednoel, Mathieu ^g   Gundlach, Heidrun ^b   Van Bel, Michiel ^h,i   Meyberg, Rabea ^c   Vives, Cristina ^j   Morata, Jordi ^j   Symeonidi, Aikaterini ^c,ag   Hiss, Manuel ^c   Muchero, Wellington ^k   Kamisugi, Yasuko ^l   Saleh, Omar ^a,ah   Blanc, Guillaume ^m   Decker, Eva L ^a   van Gessel, Nico ^a   Grimwood, Jane ^f,n   Hayes, Richard D ⁿ   Graham, Sean W ^o   Gunter, Lee E ^k   McDaniel, Stuart F ^p   Hoernstein, Sebastian N W ^a   Larsson, Anders ^q   Li, Fay Wei ^r   Perroud, Pierre François ^c   Phillips, Jeremy ⁿ   Ranjan, Priya ^k   Rokshar, Daniel S ^n,s   Rothfels, Carl J ^s   Schneider, Lucas ^c,ai   Shu, Shengqiang ⁿ   Stevenson, Dennis W ^t   Thümmler, Fritz ^u   Tillich, Michael ^v   Villarreal Aguilar, Juan C ^w   Widiez, Thomas ^x,y,aj   Wong, Gane Ka Shu ^z,aa   Wymore, Ann ^k   Zhang, Yong ^ab   Zimmer, Andreas D ^a,ak   Quatrano, Ralph S ^ac   Mayer, Klaus F X ^b,ad   Goodstein, David ⁿ   Casacuberta, Josep M ^j   Vandepoele, Klaas ^h,i   Reski, Ralf ^a   Cuming, Andrew C ^l   Tuskan, Gerald A ^k   Maumus, Florian ^ae   Salse, Jérome ^d   Schmutz, Jeremy ^f,n   Rensing, Stefan A ^a,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals   (France)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^f HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics   (Belgium)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^k OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^m AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁿ DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^q UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^r Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^u Vertis Biotechnologie AG   (Germany)

^v MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^x UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^y The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^aa BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^ab Shenzhen Huahan Information Consultant Company   (China)

^ac WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^af MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^ag INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^ah HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ai GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^aj UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

chromosome; duplication; evolution; genome; methylation; moss; Physcomitrella patens; plant; synteny

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CHROMOSOMES; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; SEED; VIRUSES;

DUPLICATION; EVOLUTION; MOSS; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PLANT; SYNTENY;

GENES;

CHROMOSOMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHYLATION; PLANTS;

BRYOPSIDA; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNTENY; TRANSPOSON;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRYOPSIDA; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYNTENY;

EID: 85040818508     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13801     Document Type: Article

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