Selaginella moellendorffii

Taxobox
name = "Selaginella moellendorffii"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Lycopodiophyta
classis = Selaginellopsida
ordo = Selaginellales
familia = Selaginellaceae
genus = "Selaginella"
species = "S. moellendorffii"
binomial = "Selaginella moellendorffii"
synonyms =

s instead) and roots and thus represent an important node on the plant evolutionary tree. As the oldest extant division of the vascular plants, they are essential to understanding the evolution of plants as a whole.

Genome Sequencing

The nuclear genome size is approximately 100 mega base pairs, the smallest genome size found for any plant species. The genome has been sequenced and assembled by the DOE Joint Genome Institute. [citation|title=Selaginella moellendorffii v1.0| year=2007| publisher=DOE Joint Genomics Institute| url=http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Selmo1/Selmo1.home.html| accessdate= 2008-02-26] Community annotation of the genes and other elements of this genome began in September 2007. See the website, below, for more information on how to contribute to this effort.

References

ee also

* American Society for Plant Biology [http://www.aspb.org/education/bookmarks/selaginella1.cfm "Selaginella" education page]
* [http://selaginella.genomics.purdue.edu "Selaginella" genomics website] - contribute to the genome annotation