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#Sacred lotus genome sequence enlightens scientiststhe sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a symbol of spiritual purity and longevity. Its seeds can survive up to 1300 years its petals

--and there are dozens--sacred lotus bears the closest resemblance to the ancestor of all eudicots a broad category of flowering plants that includes apple cabbage cactus coffee cotton grape melon peanut poplar

The plant lineage that includes the sacred lotus forms a separate branch of the eudicot family tree

and biology professor at the University of California at Los angeles (who germinated a 1300-year-old sacred lotus seed);

Although it lacks the 100 million-year-old triplication of its genome seen in most other eudicots sacred lotus experienced a separate whole-genome duplication about 65 million years ago the researchers found.

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