Nature communications
Decoding the genome of Brainea insignis reveals insights into fern evolution and conservation.
Zengqiang Xia, Lei Duan, Yuhan Fang, Yan Jiang, Hongfeng Chen, Yuehong Yan, Aihua Wang, Zixiang Li, Ziyue Liu, Guohua Zhao, Hui Shen, Yves Van de Peer, Ming Kang, Faguo Wang
Published: 202510.1038/s41467-025-68053-0
Abstract
Ferns are an ancient lineage of vascular plants, yet limited genomic resources constrain both evolutionary and conservation inference. Here, we generate a chromosome-level genome assembly for the endangered cycad fern Brainea insignis (8.62 Gb), the…
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