A deep-time landscape of plant cis-regulatory sequence evolution
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Published in Science · View the paper (DOI)
A new study has discovered over 2.3 million conserved non-coding sequences in plants, providing a comprehensive atlas of regulatory conservation across 284 species. These sequences date back to over 400 million years ago, shedding light on the evolution of plant genomes and gene families.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Secrets of evolution found in ancient plant DNA Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Mar 12, 2026 · first to report
- Hiding in plain sight: Scientists uncover the ancient DNA sequences that control gene function across plant evolution University of Cambridge · Mar 12, 2026
- 300 million years of hidden genetic instructions shaping plant evolution revealed The Hebrew University of Jerusalem · Mar 12, 2026