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Hormones and Flower Development in Arabidopsis

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Flower Development

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2686))

Abstract

Sexual reproduction requires the participation of two gametes, female and male. In angiosperms, gametes develop in specialized organs, pollen (containing the male gametes) develops in the stamens, and the ovule (containing the female gamete) develops in the gynoecium. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the female and male sexual organs are found within the same structure called flower, surrounded by the perianth, which is composed of petals and sepals. During flower development, different organs emerge in an established order and throughout their development distinct tissues within each organ are differentiated. All this requires the coordination and synchronization of several biological processes. To achieve this, hormones and genes work together. These components can interact at different levels generating hormonal interplay and both positive and negative feedback loops, which in turn, gives robustness, stability, and flexibility to flower development. Here, we summarize the progress made on elucidating the role of different hormonal pathways during flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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VMZM research is supported by the Cátedras-CONACyT program, grant number 5016 and Colegio de Postgraduados. Work in the SDF laboratory was financed by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) grants CB-2012-177739, FC-2015-2/1061, and CB-2017-2018/A1-S-10126, and NMM and YDM by the CONACyT grant CB-2015-255069. SDF also acknowledges support of the Marcos Moshinsky Foundation and participation in the European Union H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 project ExpoSEED (grant no. 691109), H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019 project MAD (grant no. 872417), and H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020 project EVOfruland (grant no. 101007738).

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Zúñiga-Mayo, V.M., Durán-Medina, Y., Marsch-Martínez, N., de Folter, S. (2023). Hormones and Flower Development in Arabidopsis. In: Riechmann, J.L., Ferrándiz, C. (eds) Flower Development . Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2686. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3299-4_5

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