Plant genome evolution in the genus Eucalyptus is driven by structural rearrangements that promote sequence divergence.

ABSTRACT: Genomes have a highly organized architecture (nonrandom organization of functional and nonfunctional genetic elements within chromosomes) that is essential for many biological functions, particularly gene expression and reproduction. Despite the need to conserve genome architecture, a high level of structural variation has been observed within species. As species separate and diverge, genome architecture also diverges, becoming increasingly poorly conserved as divergence time increases. However, within plant genomes, the processes of genome architecture divergence are not well described. Here we use long-read sequencing and de novo assembly of 33 phylogenetically diverse, wild and naturally evolving Eucalyptus species, covering 1-50 million years of diverging genome evolution to mea

SUBMITTER: Ferguson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11146599 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature