Plant & cell physiology
Chromosome-scale Genome Assemblies of Two Allopolyploid Cuscuta Species Uncover Genomic Signatures of Parasitic Lifestyle and Polyploid Evolution.
Tenta Segawa, Shima Yoshizumi, Hiromi Toyonaga, Akira Shiraishi, Kyoko Sato, Takahiro Yamabe, Motoshige Takagi, Masaki Takagawa, Ryusuke Yokoyama, Takehiko Itoh, Eiichiro Ono
Published: 202610.1093/pcp/pcag002
Abstract
Dodders (Cuscuta spp.) are obligate parasitic plants that have lost a large portion of photosynthetic genes but gained host genes through parasitism-mediated horizontal gene transfer. Their genetic complexity of speciation is partly clarified in the…
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