Mycena genomes resolve the evolution of fungal bioluminescence
Huei‐Mien Ke, Hsin‐Han Lee, Chan‐Yi Ivy Lin, Yu‐Ching Liu, Min Lu, Jo‐Wei Allison Hsieh, Chiung‐Chih Chang, Pei-Hsuan Wu, Mei‐Yeh Jade Lu, Jeng-Yi Li, Gaus Shang, Rita Jui-Hsien Lu, László G. Nagy, Pao‐Yang Chen, Hsiao‐Wei Kao, Isheng Jason Tsai
The paper sequenced genomes of five bioluminescent Mycena fungi to study the evolution of luciferase clusters and bioluminescence, finding that the trait originated in a common ancestor and was lost in some lineages.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Nov 23, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics