An evo-devo view of the gynoecium

Les invitamos a leer el artículo: "An evo-devo view of the gynoecium" del Dr. Stefan de Folter, Investigador de Cinvestav UGA-Langebio, junto con el Dr. José Irepan Reyes Olalde, egresado del Posgrado de Biotecnología de Plantas.

Autores: J Irepan Reyes-Olalde, Mitsuhiro Aida, Stefan de Folter

Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, 36824 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Kumamoto University, Japan
Instituto de Ecología, UNAM

Felicitamos al estudiantado y profesorado que contribuyeron en esta investigación por su arduo trabajo.

Abstract:
- The appearance of the flower marks a key event in the evolutionary history of plants. Among the four types of floral organs, the gynoecium represents the major adaptive advantage of the flower. The gynoecium is an enclosing structure that protects and facilitates the fertilization of the ovules, which then mature as seeds. Upon fertilization, in many species, the gynoecium itself eventually becomes the fruit, which contributes to the dispersal of the seeds. However, despite its importance and the recent advances in our understanding of the genetic regulatory network guiding early gynoecium development, many questions remain to be resolved regarding the extent of the conservation of the molecular mechanisms for gynoecium development among different taxa, and how these mechanisms give origin and diversification to the gynoecium. In this review, we compile the existing knowledge about the evolution, development, and molecular mechanisms involved in the origin and evolution of the gynoecium.
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