The
Amborella
Genome and the Evolution of Flowering Plants
Authors:   Amborella Genome Project, Albert Victor A. , Barbazuk W. Bradley , dePamphilis Claude W. , Der Joshua P. , Leebens-Mack James , Ma Hong , Palmer Jeffrey D. , Rounsley Steve , Sankoff David , Schuster Stephan C. , Soltis Douglas E. , Soltis Pamela S. , Wessler Susan R. , Wing Rod A. , Albert Victor A. , Ammiraju Jetty S. S. , Barbazuk W. Bradley , Chamala Srikar , Chanderbali Andre S. , dePamphilis Claude W. , Der Joshua P. , Determann Ronald , Leebens-Mack James , Ma Hong , Ralph Paula , Rounsley Steve , Schuster Stephan C. , Soltis Douglas E. , Soltis Pamela S. , Talag Jason , Tomsho Lynn , Walts Brandon , Wanke Stefan , Wing Rod A. , Albert Victor A. , Barbazuk W. Bradley , Chamala Srikar , Chanderbali Andre S. , Chang Tien-Hao , Determann Ronald , Lan Tianying , Soltis Douglas E. , Soltis Pamela S. , Arikit Siwaret , Axtell Michael J. , Ayyampalayam Saravanaraj , Barbazuk W. Bradley , Burnette James M. , Chamala Srikar , De Paoli Emanuele , dePamphilis Claude W. , Der Joshua P. , Estill James C. , Farrell Nina P. , Harkess Alex , Jiao Yuannian , Leebens-Mack James , Liu Kun , Mei Wenbin , Meyers Blake C. , Shahid Saima , Wafula Eric , Walts Brandon , Wessler Susan R. , Zhai Jixian , Zhang Xiaoyu , Albert Victor A. , Carretero-Paulet Lorenzo , dePamphilis Claude W. , Der Joshua P. , Jiao Yuannian , Leebens-Mack James , Lyons Eric , Sankoff David , Tang Haibao , Wafula Eric , Zheng Chunfang , Albert Victor A. , Altman Naomi S. , Barbazuk W. Bradley , Carretero-Paulet Lorenzo , dePamphilis Claude W. , Der Joshua P. , Estill James C. , Jiao Yuannian , Leebens-Mack James , Liu Kun , Mei Wenbin , Wafula Eric , Altman Naomi S. , Arikit Siwaret , Axtell Michael J. , Chamala Srikar , Chanderbali Andre S. , Chen Feng , Chen Jian-Qun , Chiang Vincent , De Paoli Emanuele , dePamphilis Claude W. , Der Joshua P. , Determann Ronald , Fogliani Bruno , Guo Chunce , Harholt Jesper , Harkess Alex , Job Claudette , Job Dominique , Kim Sangtae , Kong Hongzhi , Leebens-Mack James , Li Guanglin , Li Lin , Liu Jie , Ma Hong , Meyers Blake C. , Park Jongsun , Qi Xinshuai , Rajjou Loïc , Burtet-Sarramegna Valérie , Sederoff Ron , Shahid Saima , Soltis Douglas E. , Soltis Pamela S. , Sun Ying-Hsuan , Ulvskov Peter , Villegente Matthieu , Xue Jia-Yu , Yeh Ting-Feng , Yu Xianxian , Zhai Jixian , Acosta Juan J. , Albert Victor A. , Barbazuk W. Bradley , Bruenn Riva A. , Chamala Srikar , de Kochko Alexandre , dePamphilis Claude W. , Der Joshua P. , Herrera-Estrella Luis R. , Ibarra-Laclette Enrique , Kirst Matias , Leebens-Mack James , Pissis Solon P. , Poncet Valérie , Schuster Stephan C. , Soltis Douglas E. , Soltis Pamela S. , Tomsho Lynn 
Published: December 2013

Shaping Plant Evolution

Amborella trichopoda
is understood to be the most basal extant flowering plant and its genome is anticipated to provide insights into the evolution of plant life on Earth (see the Perspective by

Adams

). To validate and assemble the sequence,

Chamala
et al.

(p.
1516
) combined fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), genomic mapping, and next-generation sequencing. The
Amborella Genome Project
(p.
10.1126/science.1241089
) was able to infer that a whole-genome duplication event preceded the evolution of this ancestral angiosperm, and

Rice
et al.

(p.
1468
) found that numerous genes in the mitochondrion were acquired by horizontal gene transfer from other plants, including almost four entire mitochondrial genomes from mosses and algae.