Project description:To reveal the molecular mechanism of leaf color changes in Acer pictum subsp. mono, this study was conducted on bud-transformed branches, analyzing the transcriptome and small RNAs of Acer pictum subsp. mono leaves and performing miRNA-mRNA association analysis on differentially expressed mRNAs and miRNAs.
Project description:To reveal the molecular mechanism of leaf color changes in Acer pictum subsp. mono, this study was conducted on bud-transformed branches, analyzing the transcriptome and small RNAs of Acer pictum subsp. mono leaves and performing miRNA-mRNA association analysis on differentially expressed mRNAs and miRNAs.
Project description:Single cell atlases of platyhelminth Müller’s larva and mollusc trochophore larva reveal homologous cell types and phylum specific novelties
Project description:Pathways underlying miRNA biogenesis, degradation, and activity were established early in land plant evolution, but the 24-nt siRNA pathway that guides DNA methylation was incomplete in early land plants, especially lycophytes. We show that the functional diversification of key gene families such as DICER-LIKE and ARGONAUTE (AGO) as observed in angiosperms occurred early in land plants followed by parallel expansion of the AGO family in ferns and angiosperms. We uncovered an unexpected AGO family specific to lycophytes and ferns. Our phylogenetic analyses of miRNAs in lycophytes, bryophytes, ferns, and angiosperms refined the temporal origination of conserved miRNA families in land plants.