Mesostigma viride Genome and Transcriptome Provide Insights into the Origin and Evolution of Streptophyta.

ABSTRACT: The Streptophyta include unicellular and multicellular charophyte green algae and land plants. Colonization of the terrestrial habitat by land plants is a major evolutionary event that has transformed the planet. So far, lack of genome information on unicellular charophyte algae hinders the understanding of the origin and the evolution from unicellular to multicellular life in Streptophyta. This work reports the high-quality reference genome and transcriptome of Mesostigma viride, a single-celled charophyte alga with a position at the base of Streptophyta. There are abundant segmental duplications and transposable elements in M. viride, which contribute to a relatively large genome with high gene content compared to other algae and early diverging land plants. This work ident

SUBMITTER: Liang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6947507 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature