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ArticlePlant physiology2021

Nuclear DNA replicates during zygote development in Arabidopsis and Torenia fournieri.

Xue-Qiong Liu, Jiao-Jiao Shi, Hua Fan, Jiao Jiao, Long Gao, Li Tan, Shingo Nagawa, Dan-Yang Wang

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Article in Plant physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xue-Qiong LiuKey Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Jiao-Jiao ShiKey Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Hua FanKey Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Jiao JiaoKey Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Long GaoKey Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Li TanPlant Stress Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China.
Shingo NagawaPlant Stress Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China.
Dan-Yang WangKey Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CNCenter for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The progression of the cell cycle is continuous in most cells, but gametes (sperm and egg cells) exhibit an arrest of the cell cycle to await fertilization to form a zygote, which then continues through the subsequent phases to complete cell division. The phase in which gametes of flowering plants arrest has been a matter of debate, since different phases have been reported for the gametes of different species. In this study, we reassessed the phase of cell-cycle arrest in the gametes of two species, Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and Torenia fournieri. We first showed that 4', 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining was not feasible to detect changes in gametic nuclear DNA in T. fournieri. Next, using 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) staining that detects DNA replication by labeling the EdU absorbed by deoxyribonucleic acid, we found that the replication of nuclear DNA did not occur during gamete development but during zygote development, revealing that the gametes of these species have a haploid nuclear DNA content before fertilization. We thus propose that gametes in the G1 phase participate in the fertilization event in Arabidopsis and T. fournieri.

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DNA ReplicationArabidopsisGenetic VariationGenotypeLamialesMagnoliopsidaPlants, Genetically ModifiedZygote

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PMID33631800
PMCPMC8133679
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