Alloteropsis semialata as a study system for C4 evolution in grasses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous groups of plants have adapted to CO2 limitations by independently evolving C4 photosynthesis. This trait relies on concerted changes in anatomy and biochemistry to concentrate CO2 within the leaf and thereby boost productivity in tropical conditions. The ecological and economic importance of C4 photosynthesis has motivated intense research, often relying on comparisons between distantly related C4 and non-C4 plants. The photosynthetic type is fixed in most species, with the notable exception of the grass Alloteropsis semialata. This species includes populations exhibiting the ancestral C3 state in southern Africa, intermediate populations in the Zambezian region and C4 populations spread around the palaeotropics.

Scope

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SUBMITTER: Pereira L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10667010 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature