Month: September 2022

FLOWERS ARE KEY. “The onset of flower formation is a key regulatory event during the life cycle of angiosperm plants, which marks the beginning of the reproductive phase of development.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn

GENES BEHIND FLOWERING. “It has been shown that floral initiation is under tight genetic control, and deciphering the underlying molecular mechanisms has been a main area of interest in plant biology for the past two decades.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn

TIMING IS EVERYTHING. “In the life cycle of an angiosperm plant, the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth is a key developmental step that is under tight genetic control. To maximize reproductive success, the timing of this switch is coordinated with both the environment and the physiological state of the plant.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn

PATH TO THE NEXT GENERATION. “The responses to various external and internal conditions are integrated by a complex gene regulatory network that controls this transition. Consequently, the regulation of flowering time has been a major adaptive trait during plant evolution and domestication.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn

WELL STUDIED. “A large number of genes have been characterized as flowering time regulators, and several recent reviews have provided detailed descriptions of flowering time pathways (see Figure 1).” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn

FLOWERING TIME PATHWAYS. “Ultimately, all of these pathways converge on so-called floral meristem identity genes, which act by directing the meristems (or primordia) that form on the flanks of the inflorescence meristem to develop into flowers.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn

GENERATIVE NODES. “Floral meristem identity genes code for transcription factors that are conserved across plant species and include Arabidopsis APETALA1 (AP1) (and paralogs) and LEAFY (LFY).” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn

FLORAL MERISTEM IDENTITY GENES. “We will describe the central role that AP1 plays in the transition from floral induction to flower formation by acting as a switch between these two developmental programs and constituting a hub in the corresponding network of regulatory genes.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn

FLOWERING PATHWAYS. “Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the genetic pathways that regulate flowering time in Arabidopsis.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952510001873 View in LinkedIn