ReviewFrontiers in plant science2021
Does Shoot Apical Meristem Function as the Germline in Safeguarding Against Excess of Mutations?
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- Mapping the zygote-to-adult developmental cell phylogeny in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a three-cell rule of branching.Nature plants · 2026Article
- A distributive germline restricts the spread of new mutations.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Dwarfism in Pinus taeda originates from independent somatic mutations co-localized in a shared genomic region.Heredity · 2026Article
- Spatial variation in the mutation rate within the plant shoot apical meristem.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Somatic Evolution of Stem Cell Mutations in Long-Lived Plants.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Cytoplasmic inheritance: The transmission of plastid and mitochondrial genomes across cells and generations.Plant physiology · 2025Review
- Development of high-throughput tissue culture-free plant transformation systems.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Review
- Transcriptome map and genome annotation of flax line 3896.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- A fast and genotype-independent in planta Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method for soybean.Plant communications · 2024Article
- Heteroplasmy Is Rare in Plant Mitochondria Compared with Plastids despite Similar Mutation Rates.Molecular biology and evolution · 2024Article
- Male Germ Cell Specification in Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Effects of urban-induced mutations on ecology, evolution and health.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Review
- Two ARGONAUTE proteins loaded with transposon-derived small RNAs are associated with the reproductive cell lineage in Arabidopsis.The Plant cell · 2024Article
- Low-frequency somatic mutations are heritable in tropical treesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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- Worldwide Population Genomics Reveal Long-Term Stability of the Mitochondrial Genome Architecture in a Keystone Marine Plant.Genome biology and evolution · 2023Article
- Developmental Selection and the Perception of Mutation Bias.Molecular biology and evolution · 2023Article
- Experimental estimates of germline mutation rate in eukaryotes: a phylogenetic meta-analysis.Evolution letters · 2023Article
- Chimeras in Merlot grapevine revealed by phased assembly.BMC genomics · 2023Article
- Cell types as species: Exploring a metaphor.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
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Abstract
A genetic continuity of living organisms relies on the germline which is a specialized cell lineage producing gametes. Essential in the germline functioning is the protection of genetic information that is subjected to spontaneous mutations. Due to indeterminate growth, late specification of the germline, and unique longevity, plants are expected to accumulate somatic mutations during their lifetime that leads to decrease in individual and population fitness. However, protective mechanisms, similar to those in animals, exist in plant shoot apical meristem (SAM) allowing plants to reduce the accumulation and transmission of mutations. This review describes cellular- and tissue-level mechanisms related to spatio-temporal distribution of cell divisions, organization of stem cell lineages, and cell fate specification to argue that the SAM functions analogous to animal germline.
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