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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 44-56.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.17-191

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Progress in plant paleogenomics

Taikui Zhang1,2(),Zhaohe Yuan1,2   

  1. 1. Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
    2. College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • Received:2017-05-25 Revised:2017-09-04 Online:2018-01-20 Published:2017-12-22
  • Supported by:
    the Initiative Project for Talents of Nanjing Forestry University(GXL2014070);the Doctorate Fellowship Foundation of Nanjing Forestry University;the Research Fund for Postgraduate Innovation Project of Jiangsu Province(KYLX16_0857);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu High Education Institutions (PAPD)

Abstract:

As a new branch of genomics, plant paleogenomics reconstructs ancestral genomes from actual modern species and infers palaeohistory, evolutionary and/or speciation events that have shaped the modern species. Advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies yield accurate long reads, promote the progress of plant genome sequence assembly, and thereby offer paleogenomics a large collection of valuable reference genomes from modern species. Whole-genome duplication (WGD) and polyploidization cause rapid genomic reorganization, massive gene losses and structural variations. WGD events are therefore central to plant evolution. In this review, we summarize recent progress in sequencing and assembly of plant genomes, principles of plant paleogenomics, WGD events in plant genomes, and the most likely evolutionary scenario in plants. Furthermore, we highlight some of the challenges as well as future directions.

Key words: plant genome, sequence and assembly, paleogenomics, whole-genome duplication, polyploidization