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A tale of two morphs: developmental patterns and mechanisms of seed coat differentiation in the dimorphic diaspore model Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae)

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    0549496 - ÚEB 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
    Arshad, W. - Lenser, T. - Wilhelmsson, P. K.I. - Chandler, J. O. - Steinbrecher, T. - Marone, F. - Pérez, M. - Collinson, M. - Stuppy, W. - Rensing, S. A. - Theißen, G. - Leubner-Metzger, Gerhard
    A tale of two morphs: developmental patterns and mechanisms of seed coat differentiation in the dimorphic diaspore model Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae).
    Plant Journal. Roč. 107, č. 1 (2021), s. 166-181. ISSN 0960-7412. E-ISSN 1365-313X
    Institutional support: RVO:61389030
    Keywords : Aethionema arabicum * bet-hedging * developmental anatomy * diaspore dimorphism * fruit development * phenotypic plasticity * reproductive development * seed coat mucilage * synchrotron radiation X-ray tomographic microscopy * transcription factors
    OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
    Impact factor: 7.091, year: 2021
    Method of publishing: Open access
    http://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15283

    The developmental transition from a fertilized ovule to a dispersed diaspore (seed or fruit) involves complex differentiation processes of the ovule's integuments leading to the diversity in mature seed coat structures in angiosperms. In this study, comparative imaging and transcriptome analysis were combined to investigate the morph-specific developmental differences during outer seed coat differentiation and mucilage production in Aethionema arabicum, the Brassicaceae model for diaspore dimorphism. One of the intriguing adaptations of this species is the production and dispersal of morphologically distinct, mucilaginous and non-mucilaginous diaspores from the same plant (dimorphism). The dehiscent fruit morph programme producing multiple mucilaginous seed diaspores was used as the default trait combination, similar to Arabidopsis thaliana, and was compared with the indehiscent fruit morph programme leading to non-mucilaginous diaspores. Synchrotron-based radiation X-ray tomographic microscopy revealed a co-ordinated framework of morph-specific early changes in internal anatomy of developing A. arabicum gynoecia including seed abortion in the indehiscent programme and mucilage production by the mucilaginous seed coat. The associated comparative analysis of the gene expression patterns revealed that the unique seed coat dimorphism of Ae. arabicum provides an excellent model system for comparative study of the control of epidermal cell differentiation and mucilage biosynthesis by the mucilage transcription factor cascade and their downstream cell wall and mucilage remodelling genes. Elucidating the underlying molecular framework of the dimorphic diaspore syndrome is key to understanding differential regulation of bet-hedging survival strategies in challenging environments, timely in the face of global climatic change.
    Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0325489

     
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