RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Concerted expansion and contraction of immune receptor gene repertoires in plant genomes
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2022.01.01.474684
DO 10.1101/2022.01.01.474684
A1 Bruno Pok Man Ngou
A1 Robert Heal
A1 Michele Wyler
A1 Marc W Schmid
A1 Jonathan DG Jones
YR 2022
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2022/01/02/2022.01.01.474684.abstract
AB Recent reports suggest that cell-surface and intracellular immune receptors function synergistically to activate robust defence against pathogens, but whether or not they co-evolve is unclear. Here we determined the copy numbers of cell-surface and intracellular immune receptors in 208 species. Surprisingly, these receptor gene families contract and/or expand together in plant genomes, suggesting the mutual potentiation of immunity initiated by cell-surface and intracellular receptors is reflected in the concerted co-evolution of the size of their repertoires across plant species.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.