Evolutionary analysis of the Moringa oleifera genome reveals a recent burst of plastid to nucleus gene duplications.

ABSTRACT: It is necessary to identify suitable alternative crops to ensure the nutritional demands of a growing global population. The genome of Moringa oleifera, a fast-growing drought-tolerant orphan crop with highly valuable agronomical, nutritional and pharmaceutical properties, has recently been reported. We model here gene family evolution in Moringa as compared with ten other flowering plant species. Despite the reduced number of genes in the compact Moringa genome, 101 gene families, grouping 957 genes, were found as significantly expanded. Expanded families were highly enriched for chloroplastidic and photosynthetic functions. Indeed, almost half of the genes belonging to Moringa expanded families grouped with their Arabidopsis thaliana plastid encoded orthologs. Microsynteny analysis toget

SUBMITTER: Ojeda-Lopez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7573628 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature