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A transcriptomic hourglass in plant embryogenesis

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  • Marcel Quint

    (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Independent Junior Research Group, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

  • Hajk-Georg Drost

    (Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

  • Alexander Gabel

    (Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

  • Kristian Karsten Ullrich

    (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Independent Junior Research Group, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

  • Markus Bönn

    (Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
    UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

  • Ivo Grosse

    (Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany)

Abstract

As it develops from a single-celled zygote to a mature plant embryo, the thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana passes through a stage during which phylogenetically very ancient genes are preferentially expressed, showing that animals and plants have independently acquired the developmental hourglass as a similar way of managing gene expression as they pass through embryogenesis, even though their morphological development is very different.

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  • Marcel Quint & Hajk-Georg Drost & Alexander Gabel & Kristian Karsten Ullrich & Markus Bönn & Ivo Grosse, 2012. "A transcriptomic hourglass in plant embryogenesis," Nature, Nature, vol. 490(7418), pages 98-101, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:490:y:2012:i:7418:d:10.1038_nature11394
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11394
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