Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION
Volume 53, Issue 4-5, Pages 387-393Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010228
Keywords
leafy; FLORICAULA; FLO/LFY; MADS-box; pteridophyte; fern; floral homeotic gene; reproductive organ; flower
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Some MADS-box genes function as floral homeotic genes. The Arabidopsis LFY gene is a positive regulator of floral homeotic genes, and homologs of the FLO/LFY gene family in other angiosperms and gymnosperms are likely to have a similar function. To investigate the origin of the floral homeotic gene regulatory cascade involving the FLO/LFY gene, FLO/LFY homologs were cloned from a leptosporangiate ferns (Ceratopteris richardii), two eusporangiate ferns (Angiopteris lygodiifolia and Botrychium multifiduin var. robustum), three fern allies (Psilotum nudum, Equisetum arvense, and Isoetes asiatica), and a moss (Physcomitrella patens). The FLO/LFY gene phylogenetic tree indicates that both duplication and loss of FLO/LFY homologs occurred during the course of vascular plant evolution. The expression patterns of the Ceratopteris LFY genes (CrLFY1 and 2) were assessed. CrLFY1 expression was prominent in tissues including shoot tips and circinate reproductive leaves, but very weak in other tissues examined. Expression of CrLFY2 was also prominent in tissues, including shoot tips and circinate reproductive leaves. These patterns of expression are dissimilar to that of any Ceratopteris MADS-box gene previously reported, suggesting that the induction of MADS-box genes by FLO/LFY is not established at the stage of ferns.
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