Fig. 4: Evolutionary innovation of fatty acid metabolism in Bracteacoccaceae.
From: Chromosome-level genomes of two Bracteacoccaceae highlight adaptations to biocrusts
a Heat map showing the comparison between the number of key genes involved in lipid metabolism among Bracteacoccaceae and other representative Archaeplastida (see Supplementary Data 14). The genes highlighted in red represent expanded gene families in Bracteacoccaceae compared to the average of other Chlorophyta. Histogram showing the total number of genes involved in fatty acid metabolism. b Phylogenetic tree of fatty acid desaturases (FAD) of Bracteacoccaceae and other representative taxa. Colored branches and node symbols in the phylogenetic tree represent taxonomic distribution. Gene numbers are shown in each clade for selected Chlorophyta. The original tree can be found in Supplementary Fig. 19. Gene abbreviations are explained in Supplementary Data 18.
