Comparative transcriptomics of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) across stages of prey capture and digestion.

ABSTRACT: The Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is perhaps the world's best-known botanical carnivore. The act of prey capture and digestion along with its rapidly closing, charismatic traps make this species a compelling model for studying the evolution and fundamental biology of carnivorous plants. There is a growing body of research on the genome, transcriptome, and digestome of Dionaea muscipula, but surprisingly limited information on changes in trap transcript abundance over time since feeding. Here we present the results of a comparative transcriptomics project exploring the transcriptomic changes across seven timepoints in a 72-hour time series of prey digestion and three timepoints directly comparing triggered traps with and without prey items. We document a dynamic response to prey capture

SUBMITTER: Rentsch JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11318880 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature