ReviewAnnual review of cell and developmental biology2024
What Is a Plant Cell Type in the Age of Single-Cell Biology? It's Complicated.
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- Spatial and single-cell transcriptomics uncover brassinosteroid-mediated coordination of sepal elongation in Arabidopsis.Genome biology · 2026Article
- FX-Cell: a method for single-cell RNA sequencing on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples.Nature methods · 2025Article
- Stem cell regulators drive a G1 duration gradient during plant root development.Nature plants · 2025Article
- Harnessing apomixis: natural mechanisms and synthetic innovations for advancing crop and forage breeding.Horticulture research · 2025Article
- Exploring the untapped potential of single-cell and spatial omics in plant biology.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- Brassinosteroids mediate proper coordination of sepal elongation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- A space for time. Exploring temporal regulation of plant development across spatial scales.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Review
- A single-cell and spatial wheat root atlas with cross-species annotations delineates conserved tissue-specific marker genes and regulators.Cell reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
One of the fundamental questions in developmental biology is how a cell is specified to differentiate as a specialized cell type. Traditionally, plant cell types were defined based on their function, location, morphology, and lineage. Currently, in the age of single-cell biology, researchers typically attempt to assign plant cells to cell types by clustering them based on their transcriptomes. However, because cells are dynamic entities that progress through the cell cycle and respond to signals, the transcriptome also reflects the state of the cell at a particular moment in time, raising questions about how to define a cell type. We suggest that these complexities and dynamics of cell states are of interest and further consider the roles signaling, stochasticity, cell cycle, and mechanical forces play in plant cell fate specification. Once established, cell identity must also be maintained. With the wealth of single-cell data coming out, the field is poised to elucidate both the complexity and dynamics of cell states.
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