Khi các gen B tốt hơn gen A: Mối liên hệ giữa sự nhân bản gen MADS-box lớp B và sự đa dạng hóa hình thái hoa nhụy

Tropical Plant Biology - Tập 12 - Trang 1-11 - 2018
Helena Augusto Gioppato1, Marcelo Carnier Dornelas1
1Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

Tóm tắt

Các loài thực vật có hoa (hạt kín) là nhóm thực vật sống đa dạng về loài và cấu trúc nhất. Thành công trong quá trình tiến hóa này phần lớn nhờ vào những điểm mới về hình thái đặc trưng của hạt kín, chẳng hạn như hoa. Các cơ chế phân tử cho phép hoa được hình thành và đa dạng hóa vẫn chưa được biết đến, nhưng chắc chắn các thành viên cụ thể trong gia đình gen MADS-box đóng một vai trò quan trọng. Chúng mã hóa các yếu tố phiên mã thiết yếu cho nhiều quá trình phát triển, bao gồm tổ chức cấu trúc hoa trong hạt kín. Các nghiên cứu liên quan đến sự tiến hóa của gia đình gen MADS-box ở thực vật có hoa đã phát hiện ra một số sự kiện sao chép, tiếp theo là sự đa dạng chức năng của các thành viên trong gia đình gen này thuộc mô hình ABC. Theo tài liệu, một số sự kiện sao chép này liên quan đến các gen MADS-box lớp B và đã góp phần vào sự đa dạng hóa hình thái hoa của hạt kín. Trong bài tổng quan này, chúng tôi tập trung vào các ví dụ về việc sao chép gen lớp B và ý nghĩa của chúng đối với cấu trúc hoa và sự thích nghi.

Từ khóa

#thực vật có hoa #gen MADS-box #sao chép gen #đa dạng hình thái hoa #tiến hóa

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