The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies

Many island plant species share a syndrome of characteristic phenotype and life history. Cerca et al. find the genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in one of Darwin’s giant daisies, while separating ancestral genomes in a chromosome-resolved polyploid assembly.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: José Cerca, Bent Petersen, José Miguel Lazaro-Guevara, Angel Rivera-Colón, Siri Birkeland, Joel Vizueta, Siyu Li, Qionghou Li, João Loureiro, Chatchai Kosawang, Patricia Jaramillo Díaz, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Mario Fernández-Mazuecos, Pablo Vargas, Ross A. McCauley, Gitte Petersen, Luisa Santos-Bay, Nathan Wales, Julian M. Catchen, Daniel Machado, Michael D. Nowak, Alexander Suh, Neelima R. Sinha, Lene R. Nielsen, Ole Seberg, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, James H. Leebens-Mack, Loren H. Rieseberg, Michael D. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31280-w