supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42325201);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(2019QZKK0706);the Yunnan Province Science and Technology Department(202302AO370014);the Key Research Program of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(IGGCAS-201905).
The rise of land plants,in particular the early lycophytes,is considered to have significantly influenced the dramatic decline of atmospheric p CO_(2)in the Paleozoic via photosynthesis and subsequent organic carbon b...
partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (#31900186,#32260050);Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects (Grant NO.202301BF07001-016);the Glory Light International Fellowship for Chinese Botanists at Missouri Botanical Garden (MO) to X.M.Zhou
Selaginella is the largest and most taxonomically complex genus in lycophytes.The fact that over 750 species are currently treated in a single genus makes Selaginellales/Selaginellaceae unique in pteridophytes.Here we...
funded by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA19050404);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31800174).
Lycophytes are an ancient clade of the non-flowering vascular plants with chromosome numbers that vary from tens to hundreds.They are an excellent study system for examining whole-genome duplications(WGDs),or polyploi...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 31870188,31800174,31700172,41571056)to Wang,Shen,Wang and Xing;Shanghai Landscaping and City Appearance Administrative Bureau of China,Scientific Research Grants(G182411)to Yan;the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant number XDA13020603,XDA13020500)to Chen and Jian;Guangdong Natural Science Foundation(grant number 2015A030308015)to Wang。
Ferns and lycophytes have remarkably large genomes.However,little is known about how their genome size evolved in fern lineages.To explore the origins and evolution of chromosome numbers and genome size in ferns,we us...
The authors thank the following institution for financially supporting this study:Vale(Projeto Isoetes RBRS000603.86),CAPES(88887.130628/2016-00),GCRF-RCUK(BB/P027849/1-CABANA)to GO;GO is a CNPq fellow(307479/2016-00);Additionally,this study was supported through a postdoctoral fellowship from Capes/ITV(88887.130616/2016)to JBSP.
Although phylogenetic studies have revealed major clades,the deepest relationships in Isoetes remain unresolved.The use of next-generation sequencing provides enormous amounts of gene sequences,which allows not only c...
We thank Dr.Peng-Fei Ma for improving the manuscript.We also thank the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions.The study was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program,Chinese Academy of Sciences,China(XDB 31000000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970232);the Large-scale Scientific Facilities of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,China(2017-LSF-GBOWS-02);the technological leading talent project of Yunnan,China(2017HA014).
Cytidine-to-uridine(C-to-U)RNA editing is common in coding regions of organellar genomes throughout land plants.In most cases RNA editing alters translated amino acids or creates new start codons,potentially confounds...
the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(Grant No.2016YFD0101001);the China National Science Foundation(Grant Nos.31371282 to XW,31510333 to JW,and 31661143009 to XW);the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(Grant No.C2015209069 to JW);Tangshan Key Laboratory Project to XW。
Lycophytes and seed plants constitute the typical vascular plants.Lycophytes have been thought to have no paleo-polyploidization although the event is known to be critical for the fast expansion of seed plants.Here,ge...
Under the auspices of National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC0500300);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41675153)
Suitable habitat is vital for the survival and restoration of a species.Understanding the suitable habitat range for lycophytes and ferns is prerequisite for effective species resource conservation and recovery effort...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21837003);Open fund from the State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China(No.P2017-KF13)
Lycophytes and ferns are unique and charismatic members of many terrestrial ecosystems and occupy the pivotal position in land plant origin and evolution.The Chinese lycophytes and ferns flora,with approximately 2000 ...
Acknowledgements This study is part of projects on the origin of the fern and lycophyte diversity of Kenya and is financially supported by the Scientific Research Program of Sino-Africa Joint Research Center (SAJL201607) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31300183). We acknowledge the help by students of the research team of H. Schneider namely He-Nan Bao, Yu-Min Cai, Lu Feng, Zi-Tong Zhang and colleagues who assisted recent fieldwork especially Guang- Wan Hu and Hui Shang.
In this review, we explore our current understanding of the fern and lycophyte diversity occurring in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (EABH). The review explores the species diversity of this region in ...