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Agronomy
Kiichi Yasuda, Masaki Yahata, Mai Sato, Miki Sudo, Akiyoshi Tominaga, Hisato Kunitake
Summary: The parental genome construction and polyploidization processes in two intergeneric hybrids were clarified through SSR genotyping and CMA karyotype compositions. These hybrids may have originated from a 2n unreduced gamete of Meiwa kumquat, showing intermediate horticultural traits but with fruit sizes and flowering habits more similar to Meiwa kumquat.
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Plant Sciences
Man-Man Li, Qing-Lian Su, Jun-Rui Zu, Li Xie, Qian Wei, He-Rong Guo, Jianjun Chen, Rui-Zhen Zeng, Zhi-Sheng Zhang
Summary: In Cymbidium, sexual triploids are not reproductive barriers and can fuse with other gametes. The 2x gametes in male parents play a significant role in the formation of tetraploids.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Biology
Rui-Min Yu, Ning Zhang, Bo-Wen Zhang, Yu Liang, Xiao-Xu Pang, Lei Cao, Yi-Dan Chen, Wei-Ping Zhang, Yang Yang, Da-Yong Zhang, Er-Li Pang, Wei-Ning Bai
Summary: Background: Autopolyploidy is a valuable model for studying whole-genome duplication without hybridization, yet little is known about the genomic structural and functional changes that occur in autopolyploids after duplication. In this study, we investigated these changes in Cyclocarya paliurus, a natural diploid-autotetraploid species. Results: The autotetraploid C. paliurus had 64 chromosomes clustered into 16 homologous groups, and most of these homologous chromosomes showed similar characteristics. The genomic regions of synteny, structural variation, and nonalignment to the diploid genome accounted for different proportions of the autotetraploid genome. Moreover, we found that genes with allelic loss were often located near structural variations and transposable elements, and these genes showed reduced interaction with other genes. Furthermore, we identified genes with more than four copies in the autotetraploid genome, and these genes exhibited higher expression levels than their diploid counterparts. These genes were involved in stress response and plant defense, suggesting their role in the evolutionary success of autotetraploids. Population genomic analyses revealed a single origin of autotetraploids and recent divergence from diploids. Conclusions: Our findings indicate the potential for genomic and functional reorganization in autotetraploid C. paliurus, which may contribute to their evolutionary success.
Review
Plant Sciences
Zaneta Gieron, Krzysztof Sitko, Eugeniusz Malkowski
Summary: Arabidopsis arenosa is a model species for autotetraploidy studies and is often found in heavy metal-contaminated sites alongside the hyperaccumulator plant A. halleri. Several populations of A. arenosa also exhibit hyperaccumulation of Cd and Zn, although the mechanism differs from that of A. halleri. Further research is needed to fully understand this phenomenon.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Uciel Chorostecki, Nicolas G. Bologna, Federico Ariel
Summary: This review comprehensively analyzes the relationship between plant noncoding RNA transcripts and environmental cues, highlighting the importance of different types of noncoding RNAs in plant development and stress responses. It emphasizes the need for further research to uncover the molecular mechanisms and exploit the potential of noncoding transcripts for crop resilience.
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Plant Sciences
Guillaume Martin, Franc-Christophe Baurens, Karine Labadie, Catherine Hervouet, Frederic Salmon, Franck Marius, Nilda Paulo-de-la-Reberdiere, Ines van den Houwe, Jean-Marc Aury, Angelique D'Hont, Nabila Yahiaoui
Summary: By analyzing SNP genotyping data from whole-genome sequencing of 178 banana individuals, including cultivars and wild bananas, this study revealed differences in parentage relationships and gamete contributions among diploid and triploid banana cultivars. It also identified ancestral pedigree relationships between different interspecific banana cultivars.
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Genetics & Heredity
Peng Sun, Soichiro Nishiyama, Hideaki Asakuma, Roeland E. Voorrips, Jianmin Fu, Ryutaro Tao
Summary: This study proposes a genotyping-based strategy to uncover the mechanisms of 2n gamete formation and has wide applications in studying polyploid genomics.
G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Andrew W. Gichira, Lingyun Chen, Zhizhong Li, Guangwan Hu, Josphat K. Saina, Robert W. Gituru, Qingfeng Wang, Jinming Chen
Summary: This study analyzed the phylogeny of giant senecios using whole chloroplast genome sequences and estimated their ancestral areas and predicted suitable habitats. Results suggest a recent divergence time and rapid radiation of the plant group from Northern Tanzania to Kenyan and Ugandan mountains within the past one million years.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Akihiro Ezoe, Kazumasa Shirai, Kousuke Hanada
Summary: Gene duplication is a major mechanism for creating new genes in plants, resulting in duplicated genes with varying degrees of functional diversification. High diversified duplicates from tandem duplications tend to have lineage-specific functions, while low diversified duplicates from whole-genome duplications are related to essential signaling pathways, impacting plant evolution differently.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas Dresselhaus, Karina van der Linde
Summary: A recent study demonstrates the role of central cells in ensuring pollen tube attraction and reproductive success in the absence of glandular synergid cells.
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Plant Sciences
Javier Lopez-Jurado, Enrique Mateos-Naranjo, Francisco Balao
Summary: The study found that polyploids of Dianthus broteri (especially the 6x and 12x) showed higher divergence in leaf economics spectrum (LES) and soil niche traits compared to diploids, but these traits were not coevolving. The 6x and 12x exhibited contrasting ecological strategies in resource use, with a higher uncoupling of the LES network. Early trait divergence prevailed in both LES and soil niche, with post-polyploidization processes playing a significant role in photochemical behavior.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yanhong Lan, Yao Song, Fei Zhao, Yu Cao, Dening Luo, Dairong Qiao, Yi Cao, Hui Xu
Summary: In this study, we identified and analyzed 1222 LHC genes in photosynthetic organisms, divided into four subfamilies. The selection pressure on PsbS and FCII families was higher than others. There were significant differences in the transcriptional expression patterns of LHC genes in different tissues and under abiotic stress conditions, with high expression in mature leaves. Based on the expression pattern and copy number, different evolutionary trajectories in the LHC gene family were proposed.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Viviana G. Solis Neffa, E. M. Sara Moreno, Gisella C. Silva, I. Evelin Kovalsky, Gisela M. Via Do Pico, Emilia N. A. Almiron, Juan M. Roggero Luque, Silvia A. Fernandez, Esteban N. Paredes, Laura M. Chalup, German A. Robledo Dobladez, J. Guillermo Seijo
Summary: The study used Turnera sidoides autopolyploid complex as a model to assess its intraspecific variation and evolutionary processes in the Chaquean Domain. The research revealed an active process of intraspecific allopatric diversification at the diploid level, leading to the emergence of independent polyploid series in each morphologically divergent lineage.
BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Madeleine E. Aase-Remedios, David E. K. Ferrier
Summary: Comparative approaches in studying chordate genomes have revealed the significance of gene duplications, including whole genome duplications, in the evolution of gene families. Duplicated genes are key in developmental biology and play a role in major evolutionary transitions, with mechanisms such as retention, subfunctionalization, neofunctionalization, and specialization. Understanding the impact of gene duplication on chordate evolution, including the retention and loss patterns of duplicated genes, remains a complex topic that requires further exploration with the help of sequencing projects and genomic resources.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Hsuan Chen, Ryan N. Contreras
Summary: Interspecific hybridization can increase flower size and vigor in Hibiscus syriacus, but also reduce fertility. Interspecific hybrid cultivars can backcross with H. syriacus, producing progenies with larger flowers, and unreduced gametes may be caused by unequal segregation or chromosome rearrangement.