Figure 8.

Comparative genomics of Arabidopsis thaliana, Populus trichocarpa (poplar) trees, and the grain crops Sorghum bicolor and Oryza sativa (rice). The number of genes and gene families for each species is shown. The Venn diagram shows the number of unique and shared gene families. Arabidopsis and Populus are dicotyledonous plants; Sorghum and rice are monocots. Approximately two-thirds of Arabidopsis gene families (9503) are shared among all of these plant species. Figure modified from Paterson et al. (2009) with permission from Springer Nature.