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ArticleAnnals of botany2020

Morphological characterization of domatium development in Callicarpa saccata.

Emma Sarath, Kazune Ezaki, Takenori Sasaki, Yu Maekawa, Yuji Sawada, Masami Yokota Hirai, Akiko Soejima, Hirokazu Tsukaya

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Article in Annals of botany, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Emma SarathGraduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazune EzakiGraduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Takenori SasakiThe University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yu MaekawaThe University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuji SawadaRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan.
Masami Yokota HiraiRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan.
Akiko SoejimaDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
Hirokazu TsukayaGraduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsDomatia are plant structures within which organisms reside. Callicarpa saccata (Lamiaceae) is the sole myrmecophyte, or 'ant plant', that develops foliar (leaf-borne) myrmeco-domatia in this genus. In this work we examined domatium development in C. saccata to understand the developmental processes behind pouch-like domatia.

methodsScanning electron microscopy, sectioning and microcomputed tomography were carried out to compare the leaves of C. saccata with those of the closely related but domatia-less myrmecophyte Callicarpa subaequalis, both under cultivation without ants. KEY

resultsCallicarpa saccata domatia are formed as a result of excess cell proliferation at the blade/petiole junctions of leaf primordia. Blade/petiole junctions are important meristematic sites in simple leaf organogenesis. We also found that the mesophyll tissue of domatia does not clearly differentiate into palisade and spongy layers.

conclusionsRather than curling of the leaf margins, a perturbation of the normal functioning of the blade/petiole junction results in the formation of domatium tissue. Excess cell proliferation warps the shape of the blade and disturbs the development of the proximal-distal axis. This process leads to the generation of distinct structures that facilitate interaction between C. saccata and ants.

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AntsCallicarpaAnimalsPlant LeavesSymbiosisX-Ray MicrotomographyAnt plantCallicarpa saccataCallicarpa subaequalisdevelopmentdomatiumglandLamiaceaemorphologymutualismmyrmecophytesymbiotic

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