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Elevated mutation rates underlie the evolution of the aquatic plant family Podostemaceae.
Communications biology - 20 Jan 2022
Katayama Natsu, Koi Satoshi, Sassa Akira, Kurata Tetsuya, Imaichi Ryoko, Kato Masahiro, Nishiyama Tomoaki
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Molecular evolutionary rates vary among lineages and influence the evolutionary process. Here, we report elevated genome-wide mutation rates in Podostemaceae, a family of aquatic plants with a unique body plan that allows members to live on submerged rocks in fast-flowing rivers. Molecular evolutionary analyses using 1640 orthologous gene groups revealed two historical increases in evolutionary rates: the first...
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