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Ecology
John Paul Schmidt, T. Jonathan Davies, Maxwell J. Farrell
Summary: This study found a negative correlation between the proportion of threatened species and the proportion of naturalized species across flowering plant families. Naturalized species are usually associated with larger range sizes, shorter generation times, autonomous seed production, and interspecific hybridization, while threatened species are negatively associated with range size and hybridization, and positively associated with biotic pollination, age, and diversification rate.
Review
Plant Sciences
Jiaying Huang, Juan Dong, Li-Jia Qu
Summary: This article discusses the development of male germ cells in flowering plants, focusing on the differentiation and functional diversification of the vegetative cell and the male germ cell, which are crucial for the success of double fertilization.
CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Liyong Sun, Tangjie Nie, Yao Chen, Zengfang Yin
Summary: This review briefly describes the different flowering processes in perennial trees and summarizes the recent advances in understanding how woody plants regulate flowering through dynamic gene expression. The florigen gene FT and its antagonistic gene TFL1 play a central role in flowering transition events, and flower development requires interactions between floral homeotic genes and AGL6.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Xue Yan, Jia Liu, Ke-Xin Wu, Nan Yang, Li-Ben Pan, Ying Song, Yang Liu, Zhong-Hua Tang
Summary: This study investigated the flowering mechanism of early-spring plants by analyzing hormone levels and metabolite richness in flowering and unflowered plants species. The results showed that early-spring flowering plants have completed vernalization and consume significant energy from carbohydrate intake to regulate flowering. These findings lay the groundwork for further exploration of early-spring plants and their life cycle processing mechanisms.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2022)
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Genetics & Heredity
Ting-Ting Zhang, Yang Yang, Xiao-Yu Song, Xin-Yu Gao, Xian-Liang Zhang, Jun-Jie Zhao, Ke-Hai Zhou, Chang-Bao Zhao, Wei Li, Dai-Gang Yang, Xiong-Feng Ma, Zhong-Hu Li
Summary: This study provides a detailed analysis of the structural variation and evolution of chloroplast tRNAs in cotton plants, revealing specific characteristics and evolutionary changes in tRNA in the cotton chloroplast genome.
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Plant Sciences
Kyung-Ho Park, Sol-Bi Kim, Jae-Hoon Jung
Summary: This study investigates the regulation of the FT and FD proteins in Arabidopsis flowering. They created transgenic plants expressing tagged versions of FT and FD, which allowed them to observe the effects of temperature on protein expression. They found that temperature primarily regulates FT and FD at the transcript level, but there are also some effects at the protein level. Additionally, they discovered a mechanism that restricts FD protein expression in the leaf. These findings provide valuable insights into the regulation of flowering time.
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Plant Sciences
Antonio Chaves-Sanjuan, Nerina Gnesutta, Andrea Gobbini, Damiano Martignago, Andrea Bernardini, Fabio Fornara, Roberto Mantovani, Marco Nardini
Summary: NF-Y transcription factor consists of three subunits, NF-YA, NF-YB, and NF-YC, which dimerize through their histone fold domain (HFD) and trimerize to recognize the CCAAT box sequence. Each NF-Y subunit in plants is encoded by multiple genes, allowing for a variety of heterotrimeric combinations and interactions with other proteins to recognize genomic motifs. The unique organization and DNA-binding properties of plant NF-Y subunits play a crucial role in development, growth, and reproduction, with the flexibility to accommodate a diverse range of partners and genomic motifs.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Milan Spetik, Ales Eichmeier, Jana Burgova, Jos Houbraken
Summary: In this study, two taxonomic novelties were proposed based on a detailed examination of Penicillium-like fungi isolated from clematis roots. They were named Rasamsonia chlamydospora and Talaromyces clematidis. The characteristics and phylogenetic relationships of these taxa were described in detail.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Genetics & Heredity
Xiaona Tian, Xiaocui Niu, Ziru Chang, Xiujuan Zhang, Ruigang Wang, Qi Yang, Guojing Li
Summary: This study identifies members of the DUF1005 family in plants and suggests that they may belong to a plant-specific gene family without evolutionary expansion. Phylogenetic analysis classifies the DUF1005 family into four subgroups in different plant species. Expression pattern analysis of CiDUF1005 suggests differential regulation under various treatments. Transgenic lines expressing CiDUF1005 in Arabidopsis thaliana show longer primary roots and more lateral roots.
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yifei Wang, Hengshuo Ge, Naveed Ahmad, Jia Li, Yijin Wang, Xinyi Liu, Weican Liu, Xiaowei Li, Nan Wang, Fawei Wang, Yuanyuan Dong
Summary: This study identified MADS-box transcription factors in safflower and characterized a putative CtMADS24 gene during vegetative and reproductive growth. The CtMADS24 gene was found to play an important regulatory role in floral organ development.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Shiye Sang, Wen Chen, Di Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Wenjing Yang, Changning Liu
Summary: A large-scale evolutionary analysis of lncRNAs in 25 flowering plants identified the characteristics and potential functions of conserved lncRNAs, which were related to autophagy, locomotion, and cell cycle. Enrichment analysis showed that conserved lncRNAs functioned in the growth and development of specific tissues.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Qinbin Xu, Zhuoran Li, Nannan Wu, Jing Yang, Lang Yuan, Tongxing Zhao, Yongkang Sima, Tao Xu
Summary: This study is significant for investigating the correlation between the evolution and phylogeny of species in the genus Houpoea with important medicinal values. By sequencing and annotating the chloroplast genomes of three Houpoea plants, potential markers were identified and the systematic classification of Houpoea was determined. The study provides genetic resources and valuable information for the further classification and phylogenetic research on Houpoea.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Yidi Zhang, Xiaohang Ni, Hongtao Wang
Summary: This study conducted quantitative and visual analysis on 1,543 publications retrieved from Web of Science between 2000 and 2021 to evaluate the structure, development trend, hot spots, and research frontier in the field of GHG emissions from STPs. The results showed that the number of publications has increased over the years and there is a strong correlation among authors and institutions. Energy regeneration and resource recovery in STPs have become hot topics and frontier directions for GHG reduction.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Engineering, Civil
Chao Dang, Marcos A. Valdebenito, Matthias G. R. Faes, Pengfei Wei, Michael Beer
Summary: This study introduces a Bayesian framework for failure probability inference, which quantifies numerical uncertainty behind failure probability through deriving posterior variance and applying an adaptive parallel learning strategy. By utilizing both prior knowledge and parallel computing, the Bayesian approach demonstrates potential benefits in failure probability estimation.
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Genetics & Heredity
Jun Yang, Chengcheng Ling, Huamin Zhang, Quaid Hussain, Shiheng Lyu, Guohua Zheng, Yongsheng Liu
Summary: This study successfully assembled the complete mitochondrial genomes of four kiwifruit species and one plant species, and comparatively analyzed their codon usage, sequence repeats, RNA editing, etc. This research is of great significance for the study of phylogenetic relationships within Actinidiaceae and molecular barcoding of kiwifruit.