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Title:		Genomes of the Banyan Tree and Pollinator Wasp Provide Insights into Fig-Wasp Coevolution
Author(s):		Zhang X; Wang G; Zhang S; Chen S; Wang Y; Wen P; Ma X; Shi Y; Qi R; Yang Y; Liao Z; Lin J; Lin J; Xu X; Chen X; Xu X; Deng F; Zhao L; Lee YL; Wang R; Chen XY; Lin YR; Zhang J; Tang H; Chen J; Ming R;
Address:		"Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002. CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303. Department of Agronomy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617. Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241. CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303. Electronic address: cj@xtbg.org.cn. Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Electronic address: rayming@illinois.edu"
Journal Title:		Cell
Year:		2020
Volume:		20201008
Issue:		4
Page Number:		875 - 889
DOI:		10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.043
ISSN/ISBN:		1097-4172 (Electronic) 0092-8674 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Banyan trees are distinguished by their extraordinary aerial roots. The Ficus genus includes species that have evolved a species-specific mutualism system with wasp pollinators. We sequenced genomes of the Chinese banyan tree, F. microcarpa, and a species lacking aerial roots, F. hispida, and one wasp genome coevolving with F. microcarpa, Eupristina verticillata. Comparative analysis of the two Ficus genomes revealed dynamic karyotype variation associated with adaptive evolution. Copy number expansion of auxin-related genes from duplications and elevated auxin production are associated with aerial root development in F. microcarpa. A male-specific AGAMOUS paralog, FhAG2, was identified as a candidate gene for sex determination in F. hispida. Population genomic analyses of Ficus species revealed genomic signatures of morphological and physiological coadaptation with their pollinators involving terpenoid- and benzenoid-derived compounds. These three genomes offer insights into and genomic resources for investigating the geneses of aerial roots, monoecy and dioecy, and codiversification in a symbiotic system"
Keywords:		"Animals *Biological Evolution Chromosomes, Plant/genetics DNA Transposable Elements/genetics Female Ficus/*genetics Gene Expression Profiling Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Genes, Plant *Genome, Plant Indoleacetic Acids/metabolism Molecular Sequence An;"
Notes:		"MedlineZhang, Xingtan Wang, Gang Zhang, Shengcheng Chen, Shuai Wang, Yibin Wen, Ping Ma, Xiaokai Shi, Yan Qi, Rui Yang, Yang Liao, Zhenyang Lin, Jing Lin, Jishan Xu, Xiuming Chen, Xuequn Xu, Xindan Deng, Fang Zhao, Lihua Lee, Yi-Lun Wang, Rong Chen, Xiao-Yong Lin, Yann-Rong Zhang, Jisen Tang, Haibao Chen, Jin Ming, Ray eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2020/10/10 Cell. 2020 Nov 12; 183(4):875-889.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.043. Epub 2020 Oct 8"