Comparative Transcriptomics of Early Meiosis in Arabidopsis and Maize

Though sexually reproductive plants share the same principle and most processes in meiosis, there are distinct features detectable. To address the similarities and differences of early meiosis transcriptomes from the dicot model system Arabidopsis and monocot model system maize, we performed compara...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJournal of genetics and genomics Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 139 - 152
Main Authors Dukowic-Schulze, Stefanie, Harris, Anthony, Li, Junhua, Sundararajan, Anitha, Mudge, Joann, Retzel, Ernest F., Pawlowski, Wojciech P., Chen, Changbin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China Elsevier Ltd 20.03.2014
Subjects
Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis - genetics
Arabidopsis - metabolism
Base Sequence
Genes, Mitochondrial
Genes, Plant
Maize
Meiocytes
Meiosis
Meiosis - genetics
Molecular Sequence Data
Promoter Regions, Genetic
RNA-seq
Transcription Factors - genetics
Transcription Factors - metabolism
Transcriptome
Transcriptome - genetics
Zea mays - genetics
Zea mays - metabolism
减数分裂
同源基因
差异表达基因
拟南芥
早期
玉米
转录组学
顺式调控元件
Meiosis
Maize
RNA-seq
Arabidopsis
Meiocytes
Transcriptome
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Though sexually reproductive plants share the same principle and most processes in meiosis, there are distinct features detectable. To address the similarities and differences of early meiosis transcriptomes from the dicot model system Arabidopsis and monocot model system maize, we performed comparative analyses of RNA-seq data of isolated meiocytes, anthers and seedlings from both species separately and via orthologous genes. Overall gene expression showed similarities, such as an increased number of reads mapping to unannotated features, and differences, such as the amount of differentially expressed genes. We detected major similarities and differences in functional annotations of genes up-regulated in meiocytes, which point to conserved features as well as unique features. Transcriptional regulation seems to be quite similar in Arabidopsis and maize, and we could reveal known and novel transcription factors and cis- regulatory elements acting in early meiosis. Taken together, meiosis between Arabidopsis and maize is conserved in many ways, but displays key distinctions that lie in the patterns of gene expression.
Bibliography:Meiosis; Transcriptome; RNA-seq; Meiocytes; Arabidopsis; Maize
Though sexually reproductive plants share the same principle and most processes in meiosis, there are distinct features detectable. To address the similarities and differences of early meiosis transcriptomes from the dicot model system Arabidopsis and monocot model system maize, we performed comparative analyses of RNA-seq data of isolated meiocytes, anthers and seedlings from both species separately and via orthologous genes. Overall gene expression showed similarities, such as an increased number of reads mapping to unannotated features, and differences, such as the amount of differentially expressed genes. We detected major similarities and differences in functional annotations of genes up-regulated in meiocytes, which point to conserved features as well as unique features. Transcriptional regulation seems to be quite similar in Arabidopsis and maize, and we could reveal known and novel transcription factors and cis- regulatory elements acting in early meiosis. Taken together, meiosis between Arabidopsis and maize is conserved in many ways, but displays key distinctions that lie in the patterns of gene expression.
11-5450/R
ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1673-8527
DOI:10.1016/j.jgg.2013.11.007