Accession PRJCA001006
Title The genome of parasitic plant Cuscuta australis
Relevance Evolution
Data types Assembly
Organisms Cuscuta australis
Description The worldwide distributed parasitic plants dodders (Cuscuta spp., Convolvulaceae) are root- and leafless and parasitize a wide range of hosts. A high-quality genome of Cuscuta australis was generated, and we show that Cuscuta experienced accelerated evolution and Cuscuta and the convolvulaceous Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil) had a common whole-genome triplication event before the divergence of these two lineages. C. australis genome displays strong contraction and we also identified complete gene losses in various gene families, many of which are involved in maintaining autotrophic lifestyle and resistance to stress factors, indicating that gene loss underlies the regressive evolution of Cuscuta. The C. australis genome provides important resources for studying the evolution of parasitism, regressive evolution, and evo-devo in plant parasites.
Sample scope Monoisolate
Release date 2018-08-27
Publication
PubMed ID Article title Journal name DOI Year
29992948
Grants
Agency program Grant ID Grant title
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) XDB11050200
External link
External link Link description
http://www.dodderbase.org Dodder Genome Database
Submitter Hui    Liu  (liuhui1@mail.kib.ac.cn)
Organization Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Submission date 2018-08-24

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