Researchers supported by the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) through the Community Science Program recently reported the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant Marchantia polymorpha. Commonly known as liverwort, M. polymorpha‘s place among early-diverging plant lineages makes it ideal for comparative genomics studies. Studying its pangenome yielded insights into gene families involved in adaptations seen in later plant lineages. For example, the team found that some of the adaptation strategies used by liverwort are also seen in flowering plants, suggesting they are evolutionarily conserved across plant lineages.
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