The Phenotype Paradox: Lessons From Natural Transcriptome Evolution on How to Engineer Plants

Plants have evolved genome complexity through iterative rounds of single gene and whole genome duplication. This has led to substantial expansion in transcription factor numbers following preferential retention and subsequent functional divergence of these regulatory genes. Here we review how this s...

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Published inFrontiers in plant science Vol. 11; p. 75
Main Authors Law, Justin, Ng, Kangbo, Windram, Oliver P F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 18.02.2020
Subjects
breeding and genomics
directed evolution
gene network analysis
Plant Science
synthetic biology
systems biology
systems biology
breeding and genomics
gene network analysis
synthetic biology
directed evolution
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Summary:Plants have evolved genome complexity through iterative rounds of single gene and whole genome duplication. This has led to substantial expansion in transcription factor numbers following preferential retention and subsequent functional divergence of these regulatory genes. Here we review how this simple evolutionary network rewiring process, regulatory gene duplication followed by functional divergence, can be used to inspire synthetic biology approaches that seek to develop novel phenotypic variation for future trait based breeding programs in plants.
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Reviewed by: Tsubasa Shoji, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan; Zhe Liang, Heidelberg University, Germany
This article was submitted to Plant Biotechnology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Plant Science
Edited by: Henrik Scheller, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
ISSN:1664-462X
1664-462X
DOI:10.3389/fpls.2020.00075