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- Title
Genomics of a phylum distant from flowering plants: conifers.
- Authors
Ritland, Kermit
- Abstract
Conifers are evolutionarily distant from angiosperms, separated by 300 million years of evolution. The genomes of coniferous species are very large, among the largest of any nonpolyploid plant species. Their genomes are characterized by reduced evolutionary rate for coding genes, accumulation of noncoding DNA, and evolutionarily distance from angiosperms. I highlight both the advantages and disadvantages for conifers as model organism for genomics. With advances of new high-throughput sequencing technologies, we are at a watershed in conifer genomics.
- Subjects
GENOMICS; CONIFERS; ANGIOSPERMS; EXPRESSED sequence tag (Genetics); BACTERIAL artificial chromosomes; CHLOROPLAST DNA
- Publication
Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2012, Vol 8, Issue 3, p573
- ISSN
1614-2942
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11295-012-0497-4