New Insights into Plant Evolution: Scientists Unveil Groundbreaking DNA Tree of Life for Flowering Plants

Kunming, Yunnan Province Switzerland
Data from this project will be invaluable for future research, particularly in the fields of biodiversity and agriculture.
More than 80 percent of major modern flowering plant lineages originated around 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic Period.
Scientists create comprehensive DNA tree of life for flowering plants using data from over 9,500 species and almost 8,000 genera.
The study was led by the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew and involved researchers from institutions such as Heidelberg University and Kunming Institute of Botany.
The tree of life allows us to understand how different species are related to each other, providing a molecular fossil record for research in various scientific fields.
New Insights into Plant Evolution: Scientists Unveil Groundbreaking DNA Tree of Life for Flowering Plants

Scientists from around the world have collaborated to create a comprehensive DNA tree of life for flowering plants. This groundbreaking project, which includes data from over 9,500 species and almost 8,000 genera, has provided new insights into plant evolution and made the data freely available for research in various scientific fields.

The study was led by the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew (United Kingdom) and involved researchers from institutions such as Heidelberg University, Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and many others. The team used a combination of DNA sequencing technology and data from herbaria collections to build the tree.

The flowering plant tree of life is significant because it allows us to understand how different species are related to each other. By comparing DNA sequences between different species, researchers can identify changes (mutations) that accumulate over time, providing a molecular fossil record. This information can be used for identifying new species, refining plant classification, uncovering new medicinal compounds, and conserving plants in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss.

The tree of life also reveals important insights into plant evolution. For instance, researchers have found that more than 80 percent of major modern flowering plant lineages originated around 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic Period. This sudden burst of invention was marked by a rapid diversification and adaptation to various environments.

The data from this project will be invaluable for future research, particularly in the fields of biodiversity and agriculture. It will help scientists better understand plant evolution, identify new species, and develop strategies for conserving plants that are threatened with extinction.


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A New Evolutionary Tree of Flowers? For Spring? Groundbreaking.

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    • A group of hundreds of researchers have gained new insights into how flowers evolved on Earth by sequencing an enormous amount of data.
    • Scientists have sketched important branching points in the evolution of flowering plant life and suggest that more than 80 percent of major modern flowering plant lineages originated around 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic Period.
    • The team used data from about 60 percent of all modern genera of plants in the analysis and found that it confirmed many relationships suggested by trees built from chloroplasts but also reshuffled the relationships of some plant groups and reclassified individual species.
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    • ]A group of hundreds of researchers have gained new insights into how flowers evolved on Earth by sequencing an enormous amount of data.[
    • Researchers were able to sequence and place in the tree of life a sandwort specimen collected nearly 200 years ago, as well as extinct plants like the Guadalupe Island olive.
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Global scientists join hands to rebuild DNA tree of life for plants

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    • An international team of researchers from various institutions and universities, including Kew Gardens and the British Royal Botanic Gardens, have published a study in the journal Nature revealing a vast DNA tree of life for flowering plants.
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Decoding Nature’s Design: Scientists Unveil Groundbreaking Tree of Life

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    • Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other global collaborators have mapped the DNA of over 9,500 flowering plants.
    • The project provides new insights into plant evolution and makes data freely available for research in biodiversity and other scientific fields.
    • Researchers sequenced a sandwort specimen (Arenaria globiflora) collected 200 years ago in Nepal, despite its poor-quality DNA.
    • Extinct plants like the Guadalupe Island olive (Hesperelaea palmeri), which has not been seen alive since 1875, were also analyzed.
    • 511 of the sequenced species are threatened with extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, including three already extinct species.
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“Tree of Life” for flowering plants

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    • Bioscientists at Heidelberg University contributed to a large-scale international study that produced a comprehensive 'tree of life' for flowering plants.
    • Researchers analyzed the genetic information of over 9,500 species from almost 8,000 genera.
    • Heidelberg scientists used research material from living collections, seed collection and the herbarium for their participation in the project.
    • Plants of the cabbage family are a major focus for researchers at Heidelberg University's Centre for Organismal Studies.
    • The Centre for Organismal Studies has built up a comprehensive collection of herbarium specimens and seed with thousands of samples and an extensive scientific database called BrassiBase.
    • Flowering plants, which constitute around 90 percent of all known plants on land, have new insights into their origin and relationships thanks to the 'tree of life' project.
    • The data from the project will contribute to identifying new species, refining plant classification, uncovering new medicinal compounds and conserving plants in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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    • ]Bioscientists at Heidelberg University contributed to a large-scale international study that produced a comprehensive ['tree of life'] for flowering plants.[
    • Researchers analyzed the genetic information of over 9,500 species from almost 8,000 genera.
    • Heidelberg scientists used research material from living collections, seed collection and the herbarium for their participation in the project.
    • Plants of the cabbage family are a major focus for researchers at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Organismal Studies.
    • The Centre for Organismal Studies has built up a comprehensive collection of herbarium specimens and seed with thousands of samples and an extensive scientific database called BrassiBase.
    • Flowering plants, which constitute around 90 percent of all known plants on land, have new insights into their origin and relationships thanks to the ['tree of life'] project.
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Beyond NGS data sharing for plant ecological resilience and improvement of agronomic traits

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    • Collection includes datasets related to genomics, transcriptomics, metagenomics, plant science, and plants of ecological or agricultural interest.
    • Generated comprehensive integrated data enhances genome annotation by improving gene prediction and identifying non-coding elements.
    • Genome assemblies mostly performed using long-read sequencing techniques such as Pacific Bio Sciences HiFi and Oxford Nanopore sequencing.
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    • ]Plants rely on complex defence mechanisms to endure environmental stresses.[
    • Genomic information is fundamental for studying plant adaptation to diverse environments.
    • Wide variety of species makes it useful for evolutionary and major trait analyses.
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