Bryophytes (homosporous) show conserved genome colinearity over impressively long timescales compared to e.g. seed plants (heterosporous). These authors show that the same holds for hom vs het lineages of ferns + highlight the different scope for female meiotic drive in hets vs homs.
@fernway.bsky.socialour new paper on fern genomes is out in @pnas.org - we found that Salvinia genomes are...weird... plus the nasty invasive S. molesta is not what you think it is! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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