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Evolution And Development Of The Seed Coat In Gymnosperms, Cecilia Zumajo
Evolution And Development Of The Seed Coat In Gymnosperms, Cecilia Zumajo
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Gymnosperms and angiosperms are the most abundant plant lineages on earth and constitute a turning point in the evolution of plants because they are at the origin of the seed, a key morphological and developmental novelty in the evolution of land plant. Although the morphological variation of the seed, across seed plants, may on its own, explain the complexity of this structure, the origin, and evolution are even more, the understanding of these topics is still under discussion. Evidence shows that previous studies have often lacked the component of gene expression, particularly in species that are not model species. The …
Evaluating Mechanisms Of Rna Editing In Plants, Lexis Funk, Weishu Fan, Jeffrey P. Mower
Evaluating Mechanisms Of Rna Editing In Plants, Lexis Funk, Weishu Fan, Jeffrey P. Mower
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RNA editing is one of several post-transcriptional RNA processes. This process generates RNA and protein diversity in eukaryotes and results in specific amino acid substitutions, deletions, and changes in gene expression levels. It occurs in both plastids and mitochondria and typically involves the changing of specific C to U (cytosine to uracil). Welwitschia belongs to the gymnosperms (a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and Gnetales). It has already been substantiated that Welwitschia mirabilis has a major loss of cis-spliced introns and unusual trans-splicing introns. Research in the Mower lab has already proven that ancestral gymnosperm has …