Plant Biology: Genome Reveals Secrets of the Alien Within

Curr Biol. 2021 Mar 8;31(5):R241-R243. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.012.

Abstract

The genome of the parasitic plant Sapria himalayana reveals extraordinary changes that reflect its endoparasitic lifestyle. The genome has lost many genes, including the entire chloroplast genome, but has gained genes through horizontal gene transfer and repeated transposable elements.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biology
  • DNA Transposable Elements / genetics
  • Gene Transfer, Horizontal
  • Genome, Chloroplast*
  • Introduced Species*
  • Plants

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements