Gene_locus Report for: medtr-g7lbp2

(Below N is a link to NCBI taxonomic web page and E link to ESTHER at designed phylum.)
> cellular organisms: N E > Eukaryota: N E > Viridiplantae: N E > Streptophyta: N E > Streptophytina: N E > Embryophyta: N E > Tracheophyta: N E > Euphyllophyta: N E > Spermatophyta: N E > Magnoliophyta: N E > Mesangiospermae: N E > eudicotyledons: N E > Gunneridae: N E > Pentapetalae: N E > rosids: N E > fabids: N E > Fabales: N E > Fabaceae: N E > Papilionoideae: N E > Trifolieae: N E > Medicago: N E > Medicago truncatula: N E

Title: The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses
Young ND, Debelle F, Oldroyd GE, Geurts R, Cannon SB, Udvardi MK, Benedito VA, Mayer KF, Gouzy J and Roe BA <114 more author(s)> Young ND, Debelle F, Oldroyd GE, Geurts R, Cannon SB, Udvardi MK, Benedito VA, Mayer KF, Gouzy J, Schoof H, Van de Peer Y, Proost S, Cook DR, Meyers BC, Spannagl M, Cheung F, De Mita S, Krishnakumar V, Gundlach H, Zhou S, Mudge J, Bharti AK, Murray JD, Naoumkina MA, Rosen B, Silverstein KA, Tang H, Rombauts S, Zhao PX, Zhou P, Barbe V, Bardou P, Bechner M, Bellec A, Berger A, Berges H, Bidwell S, Bisseling T, Choisne N, Couloux A, Denny R, Deshpande S, Dai X, Doyle JJ, Dudez AM, Farmer AD, Fouteau S, Franken C, Gibelin C, Gish J, Goldstein S, Gonzalez AJ, Green PJ, Hallab A, Hartog M, Hua A, Humphray SJ, Jeong DH, Jing Y, Jocker A, Kenton SM, Kim DJ, Klee K, Lai H, Lang C, Lin S, Macmil SL, Magdelenat G, Matthews L, McCorrison J, Monaghan EL, Mun JH, Najar FZ, Nicholson C, Noirot C, O'Bleness M, Paule CR, Poulain J, Prion F, Qin B, Qu C, Retzel EF, Riddle C, Sallet E, Samain S, Samson N, Sanders I, Saurat O, Scarpelli C, Schiex T, Segurens B, Severin AJ, Sherrier DJ, Shi R, Sims S, Singer SR, Sinharoy S, Sterck L, Viollet A, Wang BB, Wang K, Wang M, Wang X, Warfsmann J, Weissenbach J, White DD, White JD, Wiley GB, Wincker P, Xing Y, Yang L, Yao Z, Ying F, Zhai J, Zhou L, Zuber A, Denarie J, Dixon RA, May GD, Schwartz DC, Rogers J, Quetier F, Town CD, Roe BA (- 114)
Ref: Nature, 480:520, 2011 : PubMed
Abstract


ESTHER: Young_2011_Nature_480_520
PubMedSearch: Young 2011 Nature 480 520
PubMedID: 22089132
Gene_locus related to this paper: medtr-b7fki4, medtr-b7fmi1, medtr-g7itl1, medtr-g7iu67, medtr-g7izm0, medtr-g7j641, medtr-g7jtf8, medtr-g7jtg2, medtr-g7jtg4, medtr-g7kem3, medtr-g7kml3, medtr-g7ksx5, medtr-g7leb3, medtr-q1s5d8, medtr-q1s9m3, medtr-q1t171, medtr-g7k9e1, medtr-g7k9e3, medtr-g7k9e5, medtr-g7k9e8, medtr-g7k9e9, medtr-g7lbp2, medtr-g7lch3, medtr-g7ib94, medtr-g7ljk8, medtr-g7i6w5, medtr-g7kvg4, medtr-g7iam1, medtr-g7iam3, medtr-g7l754, medtr-g7jr41, medtr-g7l4f5, medtr-g7l755, medtr-a0a072vyl4, medtr-g7jwk8, medtr-a0a072vhg0, medtr-a0a072vrv9, medtr-g7kmk5, medtr-a0a072uuf6, medtr-a0a072urp3, medtr-g7zzc3, medtr-g7ie19, medtr-g7kst7, medtr-a0a072u5k5, medtr-a0a072v056, medtr-scp1

Abstract

Legumes (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) are unique among cultivated plants for their ability to carry out endosymbiotic nitrogen fixation with rhizobial bacteria, a process that takes place in a specialized structure known as the nodule. Legumes belong to one of the two main groups of eurosids, the Fabidae, which includes most species capable of endosymbiotic nitrogen fixation. Legumes comprise several evolutionary lineages derived from a common ancestor 60 million years ago (Myr ago). Papilionoids are the largest clade, dating nearly to the origin of legumes and containing most cultivated species. Medicago truncatula is a long-established model for the study of legume biology. Here we describe the draft sequence of the M. truncatula euchromatin based on a recently completed BAC assembly supplemented with Illumina shotgun sequence, together capturing approximately 94% of all M. truncatula genes. A whole-genome duplication (WGD) approximately 58 Myr ago had a major role in shaping the M. truncatula genome and thereby contributed to the evolution of endosymbiotic nitrogen fixation. Subsequent to the WGD, the M. truncatula genome experienced higher levels of rearrangement than two other sequenced legumes, Glycine max and Lotus japonicus. M. truncatula is a close relative of alfalfa (Medicago sativa), a widely cultivated crop with limited genomics tools and complex autotetraploid genetics. As such, the M. truncatula genome sequence provides significant opportunities to expand alfalfa's genomic toolbox.