The Moss Physcomitrella patens, a Model System with Potential for the Study of Plant Reproduction.
1993; Oxford University Press; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1105/tpc.5.10.1483
ISSN1532-298X
Autores Tópico(s)Bryophyte Studies and Records
ResumoThe moss Physcomitrella patens has been established as a model system for the study of plant development using a combination of physiological, genetic, and molecular techniques and has been shown to be particularly suitable for the study of morphogenesis at the cellular level. Genetic and molecular techniques devised to study development include mutant isolation and analysis, somatic hybridization of sexually sterile strains, and genetic transformation. Developmental studies of Physcomitrella have so far concentrated on the early stages of gametophyte growth following spore germination or tissue regeneration. Almost no work has been done in this species on the processes involved in sexual reproduction, but it is likely that these processes would be amenable to study and that the techniques that have been devised for studying other developmental processes will also be applicable to the study of sexual reproduction. In this article, we briefly review the current state of knowledge of how development is regulated in this species, the techniques available for developmental genetic studies, and the limited amount of work that has already been done that is relevant to sexual reproduction. A recent review containing background material is given by Cove
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