Analysis of transcript abundances in Ectocarpus life cycle mutants

ABSTRACT: The aim of this experiment was to compare transcript abundances in parthenotes (i.e. organisms derived by parthenogenetic development of gametes) of two life cycle mutants of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus with transcript abundances in the wild type sporophyte and gametophyte generations. This is of interest because the two mutations, immediate upright (imm) and ouroboros (oro), cause partial and almost complete hometic conversion, respectively, of the sporophyte into the gametophyte. imm parthenotes exhibit gametophyte-like morphology during early development but remain sporophytes in functional terms (they do not produce gametes) whereas oro parthenotes behave as functional gametophytes and are morphologically indistinguishable from gametophytes apart from the appearance some mino

ORGANISM(S): Ectocarpus siliculosus

SUBMITTER: J. Mark Cock 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-485 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress