Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in wild animals and plants

Y Hu, X Wang, Y Xu, H Yang, Z Tong, R Tian… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

The Arabidopsis thaliana TCP transcription factors: A broadening horizon beyond development

S Li - Plant signaling & behavior, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The TCP family of transcription factors is named after the first 4 characterized members,
namely TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 (TB1) from maize (Zea mays), CYCLOIDEA (CYC) from …

TCP transcription factors: architectures of plant form

NGU Manassero, IL Viola, E Welchen… - Biomolecular …, 2013 - degruyter.com
After its initial definition in 1999, the TCP family of transcription factors has become the focus
of a multiplicity of studies related with plant development at the cellular, organ, and tissue …

Diversity, expansion, and evolutionary novelty of plant DNA-binding transcription factor families

MD Lehti-Shiu, N Panchy, P Wang, S Uygun… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plant transcription factors (TFs) that interact with specific sequences via DNA-binding
domains are crucial for regulating transcriptional initiation and are fundamental to plant …

Flower heads in Asteraceae—recruitment of conserved developmental regulators to control the flower-like inflorescence architecture

P Elomaa, Y Zhao, T Zhang - Horticulture research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Inflorescences in the Asteraceae plant family, flower heads, or capitula, mimic single flowers
but are highly compressed structures composed of multiple flowers. This transference of a …

Functional diversification of duplicated CYC2 clade genes in regulation of inflorescence development in Gerbera hybrida (Asteraceae)

I Juntheikki‐Palovaara, S Tähtiharju, T Lan… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The complex inflorescences (capitula) of Asteraceae consist of different types of flowers. In G
erbera hybrida (gerbera), the peripheral ray flowers are bilaterally symmetrical and lack …

Class I TCP transcription factors TCP14 and TCP15 promote axillary branching in Arabidopsis by counteracting the action of Class II TCP BRANCHED1

V Gastaldi, M Nicolas, A Muñoz‐Gasca… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Shoot branching is determined by a balance between factors that promote axillary bud
dormancy and factors that release buds from the quiescent state. The TCP family of …

Delphinieae flowers originated from the rewiring of interactions between duplicated and diversified floral organ identity and symmetry genes

H Zhao, H Liao, S Li, R Zhang, J Dai, P Ma… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Species of the tribe Delphinieae (Ranunculaceae) have long been the focus of
morphological, ecological, and evolutionary studies due to their highly specialized, nearly …

Comprehensive evolutionary analysis of the TCP gene family: Further insights for its origin, expansion, and diversification

JL Wang, HW Wang, YN Cao, SL Kan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
TCP proteins are plant-specific transcription factors, which are involved in a broad range of
physiological processes of plant growth and development. However, the origin and …

Mobility connects: transposable elements wire new transcriptional networks by transferring transcription factor binding motifs

Y Qiu, C Köhler - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Transposable elements (TEs) constitute major fractions of plant genomes. Their potential to
be mobile provides them with the capacity to cause major genome rearrangements. Those …