Transposon-dependent induction of Vincent van Gogh's sunflowers: exceptions revealed.

GENESIS(2014)

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The radiate sunflower inflorescence is composed by zygomorphic ray flowers and actinomorphic disk flowers. Studies performed on mutants identify HaCYC2c, a CYCLOIDEA (CYC)-like gene, as one of the key players controlling flower symmetry in sunflower. turf and tub mutants are characterized by a shift from zygomorphic to actinomorphic ray flowers, caused by insertion of transposable elements (TEs) in HaCYC2c gene. In dbl or Chry mutants, an insertion upstream the coding region of HaCYC2c causes the ectopic expression of the gene and the shift from actinomorphic to zygomorphic disk flowers. We focused on Chry2 mutant: a 1034 bp insertion placed 558 bp before the start codon of HaCYC2c was identified. The insertion is a truncated version of a CACTA TE. Unexpectedly, phenotypic and genetic co-segregation analysis in F-2 and F-3 progenies derived from the crosses Chry2 x turf and turf x Chry2 demonstrated that CACTA insertion is not always sufficient to alter the expression of HaCYC2c gene and generate Chry2 phenotype. F-3 plants homozygous for the CACTA insertion displayed either HaCYC2c transcription pattern identical to wild-type plants or a normal heterogamous inflorescence. Stated these results, we conclude that a much more complex regulatory system stays behind the Chry2 phenotype. genesis 52:315-327, 2014. (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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mutants,flower symmetry,sunflower,CYCLOIDEA gene,CACTA transposable element
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