Extreme haplotype variation in the desiccation-tolerant clubmoss Selaginella lepidophylla

Selaginella lepidophylla is a clubmoss with extreme desiccation tolerance. Here, the authors assemble its highly heterozygotic haplotypes and examine gene expression changes during desiccation, which shed light on the mechanisms for maintaining a small genome size and adaptation to extreme drying.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robert VanBuren, Ching Man Wai, Shujun Ou, Jeremy Pardo, Doug Bryant, Ning Jiang, Todd C. Mockler, Patrick Edger, Todd P. Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02546-5