Female-specific gene expression in dioecious liverwort Pellia endiviifolia is developmentally regulated and connected to archegonia production.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In flowering plants a number of genes have been identified which control the transition from a vegetative to generative phase of life cycle. In bryophytes representing basal lineage of land plants, there is little data regarding the mechanisms that control this transition. Two species from bryophytes - moss Physcomitrella patens and liverwort Marchantia polymorpha are under advanced molecular and genetic research. The goal of our study was to identify genes connected to female gametophyte development and archegonia production in the dioecious liverwort Pellia endiviifolia species B, which is representative of the most basal lineage of the simple thalloid liverworts.

Results

The utility of the RDA-cDNA technique allowed us to identify three genes specifically expre

SUBMITTER: Sierocka I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4074843 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature