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Hengchi Chen

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May. 2025 - Present, Postdoctoral researcher at Georg-August-University Goettingen Sep. 2020 - Feb. 2025 Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Ghent University Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2020 B.S. in Ecology, Fudan University

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Hengchi Chen @heche.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic conference and very nice to meet colleagues working on algae and land plants!

MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you all for coming! It was great to have you in Osnabrück this year. Have a safe trip home and we hope to see you all next year in Göttingen. Stay tuned 🌱 #MAdLand2025 #Plantsci

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Hengchi Chen @heche.bsky.social · 11d

Resolving the stasis-dynamism paradox: Genome evolution in tree ferns url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/..., nice work from @52ying.bsky.social!

Resolving the stasis-dynamism paradox: Genome evolution in tree ferns

Abstract. The paradox of evolutionary stasis and dynamism—how morphologically static lineages persist through deep geological periods despite environmental

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 16d

Free-to-read link @natgenet.nature.com: rdcu.be/eHzSP
News & Views: "The dawn of bryophyte genomics is here" rdcu.be/eHzS2

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 20d

This has been great: #Phylogenomics unveil a recent origin of morphological complexity in Coleochaetophyceae. With @ikeririsarri.bsky.social @maaikebier.bsky.social Chuck, + more @uni-goettingen.de @watertoland.bsky.social #streptophytes #charophytes #evolution
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Ewout Crombez @ewcro.bsky.social · Jul 11

My first paper is finally out! 🥳
We explored how genes get lost in the process of rediploidization following polyploidization and found out that this loss primarly occurs through DNA deletion, rather than pseudogenization. #polyploidy @yvdp.bsky.social @zhen-li.bsky.social

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The subordinate role of pseudogenization to recombinative deletion following polyploidization in angiosperms

Nature Communications - Extensive gene loss is a hallmark of rediploidization following polyploidization, but its molecular basis remains unclear. Examining pseudogenization from ancient...

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Apr 23

New Article: "Comparative transcriptomics in ferns reveals key innovations and divergent evolution of the secondary cell walls" rdcu.be/eiWNF

Fern transcriptomes reveal repeated whole-genome duplications, unique gene families and distinct lignocellulosic evolution... #PlantScience

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Cäcilia Kunz @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social · Mar 28

Our review on “Functional genomic perspectives on plant terrestrialization” in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social is out now! Check it out here:
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#terrestrialization
#Algae
#Evolution
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Functional genomic perspectives on plant terrestrialization

Plant evolutionary research has made leaps in exploring the deep evolutionary roots of embryophytes. A solid phylogenomic framework was established, a…

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fmortier.bsky.social @fmortier.bsky.social · Jan 16

Polyploid success isn’t just about growing fast—it’s about outcompeting progenitors! 🌱
We had neopolyploid duckweed and their progenitor invade each other, testing how stress & frequency-dependent growth shape WGD success... or failure. @yvdp.bsky.social #polyploid #duckweed
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Polyploid - diploid coexistence in the greater duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza

Polyploidy, resulting from whole-genome duplication (WGD), is widespread among plants and originates in sympatry with their lower-ploidy progenitors. New polyploids can only succeed when they overcome...

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Yves Van de Peer @yvdp.bsky.social · Nov 24

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The Rise of Polyploids During Environmental Catastrophes

Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), both a strong evolutionary and ecological force and a potential pitfall, occurs extensively across the tree of life, particularly in angiosperms. While p...

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