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Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery
Water lilies are not only highly favored aquatic ornamental plants with cultural and economic importance but they also occupy a critical evolutionary space that is crucial for understanding the origin and early evolutionary trajectory of flowering plants. The birth and rapid radiation of flowering p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5626932/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28979789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hortres.2017.51 |
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author | Chen, Fei Liu, Xing Yu, Cuiwei Chen, Yuchu Tang, Haibao Zhang, Liangsheng |
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description | Water lilies are not only highly favored aquatic ornamental plants with cultural and economic importance but they also occupy a critical evolutionary space that is crucial for understanding the origin and early evolutionary trajectory of flowering plants. The birth and rapid radiation of flowering plants has interested many scientists and was considered ‘an abominable mystery’ by Charles Darwin. In searching for the angiosperm evolutionary origin and its underlying mechanisms, the genome of Amborella has shed some light on the molecular features of one of the basal angiosperm lineages; however, little is known regarding the genetics and genomics of another basal angiosperm lineage, namely, the water lily. In this study, we reviewed current molecular research and note that water lily research has entered the genomic era. We propose that the genome of the water lily is critical for studying the contentious relationship of basal angiosperms and Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’. Four pantropical water lilies, especially the recently sequenced Nymphaea colorata, have characteristics such as small size, rapid growth rate and numerous seeds and can act as the best model for understanding the origin of angiosperms. The water lily genome is also valuable for revealing the genetics of ornamental traits and will largely accelerate the molecular breeding of water lilies. |
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spelling | pubmed-56269322017-10-04 Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery Chen, Fei Liu, Xing Yu, Cuiwei Chen, Yuchu Tang, Haibao Zhang, Liangsheng Hortic Res Review Article Water lilies are not only highly favored aquatic ornamental plants with cultural and economic importance but they also occupy a critical evolutionary space that is crucial for understanding the origin and early evolutionary trajectory of flowering plants. The birth and rapid radiation of flowering plants has interested many scientists and was considered ‘an abominable mystery’ by Charles Darwin. In searching for the angiosperm evolutionary origin and its underlying mechanisms, the genome of Amborella has shed some light on the molecular features of one of the basal angiosperm lineages; however, little is known regarding the genetics and genomics of another basal angiosperm lineage, namely, the water lily. In this study, we reviewed current molecular research and note that water lily research has entered the genomic era. We propose that the genome of the water lily is critical for studying the contentious relationship of basal angiosperms and Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’. Four pantropical water lilies, especially the recently sequenced Nymphaea colorata, have characteristics such as small size, rapid growth rate and numerous seeds and can act as the best model for understanding the origin of angiosperms. The water lily genome is also valuable for revealing the genetics of ornamental traits and will largely accelerate the molecular breeding of water lilies. Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5626932/ /pubmed/28979789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hortres.2017.51 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Review Article Chen, Fei Liu, Xing Yu, Cuiwei Chen, Yuchu Tang, Haibao Zhang, Liangsheng Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery |
title | Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery |
title_full | Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery |
title_fullStr | Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery |
title_full_unstemmed | Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery |
title_short | Water lilies as emerging models for Darwin’s abominable mystery |
title_sort | water lilies as emerging models for darwin’s abominable mystery |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5626932/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28979789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hortres.2017.51 |
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