The origin of a land flora

JL Bowman - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
The origin of a land flora fundamentally shifted the course of evolution of life on earth,
facilitating terrestrialization of other eukaryotic lineages and altering the planet's geology …

Polycomb repressive complex 2 in eukaryotes—an evolutionary perspective

M Vijayanathan, MG Trejo-Arellano, I Mozgová - Epigenomes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) represents a group of evolutionarily conserved
multi-subunit complexes that repress gene transcription by introducing trimethylation of …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin organization in early land plants reveals an ancestral association between H3K27me3, transposons, and constitutive heterochromatin

SA Montgomery, Y Tanizawa, B Galik, N Wang, T Ito… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Genome packaging by nucleosomes is a hallmark of eukaryotes. Histones and the pathways
that deposit, remove, and read histone modifications are deeply conserved. Yet, we lack …

Gamete expression of TALE class HD genes activates the diploid sporophyte program in Marchantia polymorpha

T Dierschke, E Flores-Sandoval, MI Rast-Somssich… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Eukaryotic life cycles alternate between haploid and diploid phases and in phylogenetically
diverse unicellular eukaryotes, expression of paralogous homeodomain genes in gametes …

A unique life cycle transition in the red seaweed Pyropia yezoensis depends on apospory

K Mikami, C Li, R Irie, Y Hama - Communications Biology, 2019 - nature.com
Plant life cycles consist of two temporally separated stages: a haploid gametophyte and a
diploid sporophyte. In plants employing a haploid–diploid sexual life cycle, the transition …

The epigenetic origin of life history transitions in plants and algae

J Vigneau, M Borg - Plant Reproduction, 2021 - Springer
Plants and algae have a complex life history that transitions between distinct life forms called
the sporophyte and the gametophyte. This phenomenon—called the alternation of …

Evolution of the plant body plan

P Szövényi, M Waller, A Kirbis - Current topics in developmental biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Land plants evolved about 470 million years ago or even earlier, in a biological crust-
dominated terrestrial flora. The origin of land plants was probably one of the most significant …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic control of plant regeneration: Unraveling the role of histone methylation

S Sena, A Prakash, J Van Staden, V Kumar - Current Plant Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
It is incredible that plants can actively promote cellular dedifferentiation and regeneration.
The change in cell fate is accompanied by modifications to the epigenetic landscape. Plants …

Unravelling 3D growth in the moss Physcomitrium patens

LA Moody - Essays in Biochemistry, 2022 - portlandpress.com
The colonization of land by plants, and the greening of the terrestrial biosphere, was one of
the most important events in the history of life on Earth. The transition of plants from water to …

Targeting E (z) methyltransferase inhibitor GSK126 promotes adventitious root induction in Larix kaempferi

H Hao, J Kang, B Xie, X Jiang, Y Gai - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ …, 2024 - Springer
Efficient asexual reproduction techniques are crucial for the expansion of larch; however, the
process of adventitious roots (ARs) regeneration has hindered its development. Through …