Local cues and asymmetric cell divisions underpin body plan transitions in the moss Physcomitrella patens.

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BACKGROUND: Land plants evolved from aquatic algae more than 450 million years ago. Algal sisters of land plants grow through the activity of apical initial cells that cleave either in one plane to generate filaments or in two planes to generate mats. Acquisition of the capacity for cell cleavage in three planes facilitated the formation of upright bushy body plans and enabled the invasion of land. Evolutionary transitions between filamentous, planar, and bushy growth are mimicked within mos...

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Authors: Harrison, C; Roeder, A; Meyerowitz, E; Langdale, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Current biology : CB
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 461-471
• Publication date: 2009-03-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.050
• EISSN: 1879-0445
• ISSN: 0960-9822
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cues; Mutation; Species Specificity; Flowers; Plant Shoots; Environment; Bryopsida; Cell Division; Biological Evolution; Phenotype