Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica
© 2017 The Linnean Society of London. We report the discovery of the largest fern genome in Tmesipteris obliqua (1C = 150.61 pg), a species belonging to the whisk-fern family, Psilotaceae. Its genome size estimated by flow cytometry is comparable with the largest genome so far reported for any eukar...
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| author | Hidalgo, O. Pellicer, J. Christenhusz, Maarten Schneider, H. Leitch, I. |
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| description | © 2017 The Linnean Society of London. We report the discovery of the largest fern genome in Tmesipteris obliqua (1C = 150.61 pg), a species belonging to the whisk-fern family, Psilotaceae. Its genome size estimated by flow cytometry is comparable with the largest genome so far reported for any eukaryote, in the monocot Paris japonica (Melanthiaceae; 1C = 152.23 pg). The addition of this new record doubles the range of genome size values so far encountered in ferns from 97.2-fold (0.77-74.84 pg/1C) to 196-fold (0.77-150.61 pg/1C). This finding emphasizes the importance of filling taxonomic gaps in our knowledge to uncover the full extent of genome size diversity across the different lineages of land plants. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-729132018-12-13T09:35:13Z Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica Hidalgo, O. Pellicer, J. Christenhusz, Maarten Schneider, H. Leitch, I. © 2017 The Linnean Society of London. We report the discovery of the largest fern genome in Tmesipteris obliqua (1C = 150.61 pg), a species belonging to the whisk-fern family, Psilotaceae. Its genome size estimated by flow cytometry is comparable with the largest genome so far reported for any eukaryote, in the monocot Paris japonica (Melanthiaceae; 1C = 152.23 pg). The addition of this new record doubles the range of genome size values so far encountered in ferns from 97.2-fold (0.77-74.84 pg/1C) to 196-fold (0.77-150.61 pg/1C). This finding emphasizes the importance of filling taxonomic gaps in our knowledge to uncover the full extent of genome size diversity across the different lineages of land plants. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72913 10.1093/botlinnean/box003 Wiley-Blackwell restricted |
| spellingShingle | Hidalgo, O. Pellicer, J. Christenhusz, Maarten Schneider, H. Leitch, I. Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica |
| title | Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica |
| title_full | Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica |
| title_fullStr | Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica |
| title_short | Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica |
| title_sort | genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (psilotaceae): tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder paris japonica |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72913 |