Article
The Brassica oleracea genome reveals the asymmetrical evolution of polyploid genomes.
Nature communications - 23 May 2014
Liu Shengyi, Liu Yumei, Yang Xinhua, Tong Chaobo, Edwards David, Parkin Isobel A P, Zhao Meixia, Ma Jianxin, Yu Jingyin, Huang Shunmou, Wang Xiyin, Wang Junyi, Lu Kun, Fang Zhiyuan, Bancroft Ian, Yang Tae-Jin, Hu Qiong, Wang Xinfa, Yue Zhen, Li Haojie, Yang Linfeng, Wu Jian, Zhou Qing, Wang Wanxin, King Graham J, Pires J Chris, Lu Changxin, Wu Zhangyan, Sampath Perumal, Wang Zhuo, Guo Hui, Pan Shengkai, Yang Limei, Min Jiumeng, Zhang Dong, Jin Dianchuan, Li Wanshun, Belcram Harry, Tu Jinxing, Guan Mei, Qi Cunkou, Du Dezhi, Li Jiana, Jiang Liangcai, Batley Jacqueline, Sharpe Andrew G, Park Beom-Seok, Ruperao Pradeep, Cheng Feng, Waminal Nomar Espinosa, Huang Yin, Dong Caihua, Wang Li, Li Jingping, Hu Zhiyong, Zhuang Mu, Huang Yi, Huang Junyan, Shi Jiaqin, Mei Desheng, Liu Jing, Lee Tae-Ho, Wang Jinpeng, Jin Huizhe, Li Zaiyun, Li Xun, Zhang Jiefu, Xiao Lu, Zhou Yongming, Liu Zhongsong, Liu Xuequn, Qin Rui, Tang Xu, Liu Wenbin, Wang Yupeng, Zhang Yangyong, Lee Jonghoon, Kim Hyun Hee, Denoeud France, Xu Xun, Liang Xinming, Hua Wei, Wang Xiaowu, Wang Jun, Chalhoub Boulos, Paterson Andrew H
Abstract excerpt
Polyploidization has provided much genetic variation for plant adaptive evolution, but the mechanisms by which the molecular evolution of polyploid genomes establishes genetic architecture underlying species differentiation are unclear. Brassica is an ideal model to increase knowledge of polyploid evolution. Here we describe a draft genome sequence of Brassica oleracea, comparing it with that of its sister...
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