Genome compaction underlies the molecular adaptation of bay cedar (Suriana maritima) to the extreme habitat on the tropical coral islands

doi:10.1016/j.pld.2025.01.002

Plant Diversity ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (02): 337-340.DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2025.01.002

Genome compaction underlies the molecular adaptation of bay cedar (Suriana maritima) to the extreme habitat on the tropical coral islands

Miaomiao Shi^a,b, Ping Liang^c, Zhonglai Luo^d, Yu Zhang^a,b, Shiran Gu^a,b, Xiangping Wang^a,b, Xin Qian^e, Shuguang Jian^b,f, Kuaifei Xia^a,b, Shijin Li^a,b, Zhongtao Zhao^a,b, Tieyao Tu^a,b, Dianxiang Zhang^a

a. State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany/Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China;
b. South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, China;
c. Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2A 3S1, Canada;
d. School of Life Sciences and Medicine, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China;
e. College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;
f. CAS Engineering Laboratory for Vegetation Ecosystem Restoration on Islands and Coastal Zones & Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China

Received:2024-09-29 Revised:2024-12-30 Online:2025-04-03 Published:2025-03-25
Contact: Zhongtao Zhao,E-mail:zhzht621@scbg.ac.cn;Tieyao Tu,E-mail:tutieyao@scbg.ac.cn
Supported by:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32170232, 32070222, 32271613), the National Key R&D Program of China (Key Special Project for Marine Environmental Security and Sustainable Development of Coral Reefs 2021-400), Guangdong Science and Technology Program (2024B1212050007), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC3100405).

Genome compaction underlies the molecular adaptation of bay cedar (Suriana maritima) to the extreme habitat on the tropical coral islands

a. State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany/Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China;
b. South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, China;
c. Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2A 3S1, Canada;
d. School of Life Sciences and Medicine, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China;
e. College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;
f. CAS Engineering Laboratory for Vegetation Ecosystem Restoration on Islands and Coastal Zones & Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China

通讯作者: Zhongtao Zhao,E-mail:zhzht621@scbg.ac.cn;Tieyao Tu,E-mail:tutieyao@scbg.ac.cn
基金资助:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32170232, 32070222, 32271613), the National Key R&D Program of China (Key Special Project for Marine Environmental Security and Sustainable Development of Coral Reefs 2021-400), Guangdong Science and Technology Program (2024B1212050007), and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC3100405).

Abstract

Key words: Coral islands, Extreme environment, Gene loss, Genome reduction, Molecular adaptation, Transposable elements reduction

关键词: Coral islands, Extreme environment, Gene loss, Genome reduction, Molecular adaptation, Transposable elements reduction

Miaomiao Shi, Ping Liang, Zhonglai Luo, Yu Zhang, Shiran Gu, Xiangping Wang, Xin Qian, Shuguang Jian, Kuaifei Xia, Shijin Li, Zhongtao Zhao, Tieyao Tu, Dianxiang Zhang. Genome compaction underlies the molecular adaptation of bay cedar (Suriana maritima) to the extreme habitat on the tropical coral islands[J]. Plant Diversity, 2025, 47(02): 337-340.

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Genome compaction underlies the molecular adaptation of bay cedar (Suriana maritima) to the extreme habitat on the tropical coral islands

Genome compaction underlies the molecular adaptation of bay cedar (Suriana maritima) to the extreme habitat on the tropical coral islands

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