The Sapria himalayana genome provides new insights into the lifestyle of endoparasitic plants.

Xuelian GuoXiaodi HuJianwu LiBingyi ShaoYajun WangLong WangKui LiDongliang LinHanchen WangZhiyuan GaoYuannian JiaoYingying WenHongyu JiChongbo MaSong GeWenkai JiangXiao-Hua Jin

Published in: BMC biology (2023)

Our results provide new insights into the flower development process and endoparasitic lifestyle of Rafflesiaceae plants. The amount of gene loss in S. himalayana is consistent with the degree of reduction in its body plan. HGT events are common among endoparasites and play an important role in their lifestyle adaptation.

Keyphrases

metabolic syndrome
weight loss
physical activity
cardiovascular disease
genome wide
gene expression
type diabetes
dna methylation