Selaginella moellendorffii


Overview


Selaginella moellendorffii is a lycophyte that is an important model organism, especially in comparative genomics. S. moellendorffii is a member of an ancient vascular plant lineage that first appear in the fossil record some 400 million years ago. They would later form a dominant part of the world's flora during the Carboniferous era. These lycopsids lack true leaves (having microphylls instead) and roots and thus represent an important node on the plant evolutionary tree. As the oldest extant division of the vascular plants, they are essential to understanding the evolution of plants as a whole.
The nuclear genome size is approximately 100 mega base pairs, the smallest genome size found for any plant species. The genome has been sequenced and assembled by the DOE Joint Genome Institute. Community annotation of the genes and other elements of this genome began in September 2007. See the website, below, for more information on how to contribute to this effort.

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Further reading:


The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants. Science 332(6032), 960-3 (2011) [pubmed]




Source
JGI 1.0
PLAZA identifier
smo
NCBI link
Selaginella moellendorffii
Mitochondrion
Not available
Chloroplast
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