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SUBMITTER: Ibarra-Laclette E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4972453 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature 20130512 7452
It has been argued that the evolution of plant genome size is principally unidirectional and increasing owing to the varied action of whole-genome duplications (WGDs) and mobile element proliferation. However, extreme genome size reductions have been reported in the angiosperm family tree. Here we report the sequence of the 82-megabase genome of the carnivorous bladderwort plant Utricularia gibba. Despite its tiny size, the U. gibba genome accommodates a typical number of genes for a plant, with ...[more]