Comparative anatomy and genetic bases of fruit development in selected Rubiaceae (Gentianales).

ABSTRACT:

Premise

The Rubiaceae are ideal for studying the diversity of fruits that develop from flowers with inferior ovary. We aimed to identify morpho-anatomical changes during fruit development that distinguish those derived from the carpel versus the extra-carpellary tissues. In addition, we present the fruit genetic core regulatory network in selected Rubiaceae species and compare it in terms of copy number and expression patterns to model core eudicots in the Brassicaceae and the Solanaceae.

Methods

We used light microscopy to follow morphoanatomical changes in four selected species with different fruit types. We generated reference transcriptomes for seven selected Rubiaceae species and isolated homologs of major transcription factors involved in fruit development histogenesis

SUBMITTER: Salazar-Duque H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9298371 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature