TY  - JOUR
AU  - Palfalvi, Gergo
AU  - Hackl, Thomas
AU  - Terhoeven, Niklas
AU  - Shibata, Tomoko F.
AU  - Nishiyama, Tomoaki
AU  - Ankenbrand, Markus
AU  - Becker, Dirk
AU  - Förster, Frank
AU  - Freund, Matthias
AU  - Iosip, Anda
AU  - Kreuzer, Ines
AU  - Saul, Franziska
AU  - Kamida, Chiharu
AU  - Fukushima, Kenji
AU  - Shigenobu, Shuji
AU  - Tamada, Yosuke
AU  - Adamec, Lubomir
AU  - Hoshi, Yoshikazu
AU  - Ueda, Kunihiko
AU  - Winkelmann, Traud
AU  - Fuchs, Jörg
AU  - Schubert, Ingo
AU  - Schwacke, Rainer
AU  - Al-Rasheid, Khaled
AU  - Schultz, Jörg
AU  - Hasebe, Mitsuyasu
AU  - Hedrich, Rainer
TI  - Genomes of the Venus Flytrap and Close Relatives Unveil the Roots of Plant Carnivory
JO  - Current biology
VL  - 30
IS  - 12
SN  - 0960-9822
CY  - London
PB  - Current Biology Ltd.
M1  - FZJ-2020-02162
SP  - 2312-2320.e5
PY  - 2020
AB  - Most plants grow and develop by taking up nutrients from the soil while continuously under threat from foraging animals. Carnivorous plants have turned the tables by capturing and consuming nutrient-rich animal prey, enabling them to thrive in nutrient-poor soil. To better understand the evolution of botanical carnivory, we compared the draft genome of the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) with that of its aquatic sister, the waterwheel plant Aldrovanda vesiculosa, and the sundew Drosera spatulata. We identified an early whole-genome duplication in the family as source for carnivory-associated genes. Recruitment of genes to the trap from the root especially was a major mechanism in the evolution of carnivory, supported by family-specific duplications. Still, these genomes belong to the gene poorest land plants sequenced thus far, suggesting reduction of selective pressure on different processes, including non-carnivorous nutrient acquisition. Our results show how non-carnivorous plants evolved into the most skillful green hunters on the planet.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:32413308
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000548517000009
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.051
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/877358
ER  -