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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2024

Development of pollinated and unpollinated ovules in Ginkgo biloba: unravelling the role of pollen in ovule tissue maturation.

Antonella Muto, Emanuela Talarico, Greta D'Apice, Maurizio Di Marzo, Silvia Moschin, Sebastiano Nigris, Nicola Babolin, Eleonora Greco, Fabrizio Araniti, Adriana Chiappetta and 3 more

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Antonella MutoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata of Rende (Cosenza), Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4324-4067
Emanuela TalaricoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata of Rende (Cosenza), Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5728-8920
Greta D'ApiceBotanical Garden, University of Padova, 25123 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0713-8005
Maurizio Di MarzoDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9045-8370
Silvia MoschinBotanical Garden, University of Padova, 25123 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6057-5541
Sebastiano NigrisBotanical Garden, University of Padova, 25123 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4159-3474
Nicola BabolinDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8731-500X
Eleonora GrecoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata of Rende (Cosenza), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0757-2760
Fabrizio AranitiDepartment of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Production, Landscape, Agroenergy (Di.S.A.A.), University of Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4983-4116
Adriana ChiappettaDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata of Rende (Cosenza), Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9725-9905
Lucia ColomboDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8415-1399
Barbara BaldanBotanical Garden, University of Padova, 25123 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5564-1214
Leonardo BrunoDepartment of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata of Rende (Cosenza), Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8260-4729
University of Calabria · ITUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

Ministry of Education, University and Research H24I1700029000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In gymnosperms such as Ginkgo biloba, the arrival of pollen plays a key role in ovule development, before fertilization occurs. Accordingly, G. biloba female plants geographically isolated from male plants abort all their ovules after the pollination drop emission, which is the event that allows the ovule to capture pollen grains. To decipher the mechanism induced by pollination required to avoid ovule senescence and then abortion, we compared the transcriptomes of pollinated and unpollinated ovules at three time points after the end of the emission of pollination drop. Transcriptomic and in situ expression analyses revealed that several key genes involved in programmed cell death such as senescence and apoptosis, DNA replication, and cell cycle regulation were differentially expressed in unpollinated ovules compared to pollinated ovules. We provide evidence that the pollen captured by the pollination drop affects auxin local accumulation and might cause deregulation of key genes required for the ovule's programmed cell death, activating both the cell cycle regulation and DNA replication genes.

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Ginkgo bilobaOvulePollenPollinationGene Expression Regulation, PlantTranscriptomeAuxinfemale gametophytegymnospermovulepollensenescencetranscription factorstranscriptome

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PMID38459807
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