Organ Evolution: Emergence of Multicellular Function

J Parker - Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Instances of multicellularity across the tree of life have fostered the evolution of complex
organs composed of distinct cell types that cooperate, producing emergent biological …

Best practices for the execution, analysis, and data storage of plant single-cell/nucleus transcriptomics

C Grones, T Eekhout, D Shi, M Neumann… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing technologies capture the expression of
plant genes at an unprecedented resolution. Therefore, these technologies are gaining …

Multiplexed in situ hybridization reveals distinct lineage identities for major and minor vein initiation during maize leaf development

C Perico, M Zaidem, O Sedelnikova… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Leaves of flowering plants are characterized by diverse venation patterns. Patterning begins
with the selection of vein-forming procambial initial cells from within the ground meristem of …

[HTML][HTML] MpANT regulates meristem development in Marchantia polymorpha

W Liu, Z Yang, G Cai, B Li, S Liu, V Willemsen, L Xu - Cell Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Meristems are crucial for organ formation, but our knowledge of their molecular evolution is
limited. Here, we show that AINTEGUMENTA (MpANT) in the euANT branch of the …

Genome Annotation Matters—From Genes to Phylogenetic Inferences

C Furumizu, Y Tanizawa… - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Next-generation and long-read sequencing technologies have revolutionized genomics.
International projects have been initiated to sequence an enormous number of genomes …

Root evolution: Evidence for convergent evolution of root meristem

M Li, S Wu - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The root system is thought to have evolved independently during the process of plant
terrestrialization. It is unclear how the molecular regulation of the root meristem has been …