Vielle-Calzada, J. P., Baskar, R., Grossniklaus, U. (March 2000) Delayed activation of the paternal genome during seed development. Nature, 404 (6773). pp. 91-94. ISSN 0028-0836
Abstract
Little is known about the timing of the maternal-to-zygotic transition during seed development in flowering plants. Because plant embryos can develop from somatic cells or microspores(1), maternal contributions are not considered to be crucial in early embryogensis(2). Early-acting embryo-lethal mutants in Arabidopsis, including emb30/gnom which affects the first zygotic division(3,4) have fuelled the perception that both maternal and paternal genomes are active immediately after fertilization. Here we show that none of the paternally inherited alleles of 20 loci that we tested is expressed during early seed development in Arabidopsis. For genes that are expressed at later stages, the paternally inherited allele becomes active three to four days after fertilization. The genes that we tested are involved in various processes and distributed throughout the genome, indicating that most, if not all, of the paternal genome may be initially silenced. Our findings are corroborated by genetic studies showing that emb30/gnom has a maternal-effect phenotype that is paternally rescuable in addition to its zygotic lethality. Thus, contrary to previous interpretations, early embryo and endosperm development are mainly under maternal control.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA PATTERN-FORMATION GENE EMBRYO EMBRYOGENESIS PROTEIN GNOM TRAP |
| Subjects: | organism description > plant > Arabidopsis bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Grossniklaus lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | March 2000 |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2014 15:00 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2014 15:00 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/29371 |
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