The underlying molecular conservation and diversification of dioecious flower and leaf buds provide insights into the development, dormancy breaking, flowering, and sex association of willows
The underlying molecular conservation and diversification of dioecious flower and leaf buds provide insights into the development, dormancy breaking, flowering, and sex association of willows
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雌雄异株的花和叶芽的潜在分子保护和多样化为了解柳树的发育、休眠打破、开花和性别关联提供了见解
DOI:
10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.08.044
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Shenkui Liu
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作者:
Xiaoxue Ye;Xijuan Zhao;Yajun Sun;Meijiao Zhang;Shuang Feng;Aimin Zhou;Wenwu Wu;Shurong Ma;Shenkui Liu
As harbingers of bursting growth, flower buds and leaf buds generally show similar surface morphologies but different structural and functional changes. Dioecious plants further generate four types of Female/Male Flower/Leaf Buds (FFB, FLB, MFB, and MLB), showing a complex regulation. However, little is known about their underlying molecular mechanisms. Here, we exemplify the woody dioeciousSalixlinearistipularisto investigate their morphological characteristics and potential molecular mechanisms by combining cytological, physiological, phenological, and transcriptomic datasets. First, FFB and MFB have simultaneous development dynamics and so do FLB and MLB. Interestingly, FLB and MLB show very similar expression profiles preparing for photosynthesis and stress-tolerance, whereas FFB and MFB show great similarities but also striking sexual differences. Comparing flower buds and leaf buds after their revival from dormancy shows different cold- and vernalization-responsive genes (e.g. SliVRN1, SliAGL19,andSliAGL24), implying different programming processes for dormancy breaking between the buds. Moreover, exceptSliAP3, the expression of ABCDE model genes is consistent with their roles in the buds, suggesting a conserved mechanism of flower development between dioeciousSalixand hermaphrodite Arabidopsis. Finally, considering sex-associated genes (e.g. SliCLE25, SliTPS21,andSliARR9) onSalixchromosomes and other reports, we hypothesize a dynamic model of sex determination on chromosomes 15 and 19 in the last ancestor ofSalixand Populus but evolutionarily on 15 inSalixafter their divergence. Together, our study provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms of dioecious four-type buds by showing the genes involved in their development, dormancy breaking, flowering, and sexual association.