Combining biotechnology and evolution for understanding the mechanisms of pollinator attraction
Combining biotechnology and evolution for understanding the mechanisms of pollinator attraction
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结合生物技术和进化来了解授粉昆虫的吸引机制
DOI：
10.1016/j.copbio.2021.06.004
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
Dudareva, Natalia
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作者：
Frachon, Léa;Stirling, Shannon A;Schiestl, Florian P;Dudareva, Natalia
植物结合了信号和奖励特性来吸引传粉者。植物的整合使植物能够快速响应传粉者的变化。气味化合物和色素的生物合成多效性对植物的吸引力具有重要意义。结合进化基因组学和代谢工程是阐明传粉者吸引机制的必要手段。许多开花植物依靠传粉者成功繁殖。植物与传粉者的相互作用通常依赖于基于微调生物合成机制的复杂性状组合，涉及许多结构和调节基因。然而，植物的生理机制是进化过程的产物。数百万年来，进化一直在改变着花朵，但它也是一个快速的过程，可以在几代内改变植物的性状。在这里，我们讨论传粉者吸引的机制和进化方面。我们还提出了生物技术和进化研究的最新进展，以及它们的结合将如何改善对变化环境中传粉者吸引的分子机制和进化动力学的阐明。
HighlightsPlants involve combinations of signal and reward traits to attract pollinators.Floral integration allows rapid plant answer to pollinator changes.Biosynthetic pleiotropy of scent compounds and pigments are important for plant attractiveness.Combining evolutionary genomics and metabolic engineering are essential to elucidate the mechanisms of pollinator attraction.Many flowering plants rely on pollinators for their reproductive success. Plant-pollinator interactions usually depend on a complex combination of traits based on a fine-tuned biosynthetic machinery, with many structural and regulatory genes involved. Yet, the physiological mechanisms in plants are the product of evolutionary processes. While evolution has been modifying flowers through millions of years, it is also a rapid process that can change plant traits within few generations. Here we discuss both mechanistic and evolutionary aspects of pollinator attraction. We also propose how latest advances in biotechnology and evolutionary studies, and their combination, will improve the elucidation of molecular mechanisms and evolutionary dynamics of pollinator attraction in changing environments.