Endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in Arabidopsis and Capsella

In Arabidopsis, endosperm development is very important for viable seed development. Especially, endosperm cellularization is a crucial event for embryo survival and if it fails, can lead to embryo arrest, as observed in seeds derived from interploidy and interspecies hybridization. In case of in...

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Autor principal: Ali, Mohammad Foteh
Formato: H2
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Publicado: SLU/Dept. Of Plant Biology 2021
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description In Arabidopsis, endosperm development is very important for viable seed development. Especially, endosperm cellularization is a crucial event for embryo survival and if it fails, can lead to embryo arrest, as observed in seeds derived from interploidy and interspecies hybridization. In case of interploidy crosses, increased ploidy level creates genome dosage imbalance in endosperm and in case of different species, a similar dosage imbalance basis is suspected, but remains to be broadly established. In this study, we investigated the viability of hybrid seeds between two outbreeding species, Arabidopsis lyrata and A. arenosa, in relation with the development of their endosperm. A. lyrata × A. arenosa (Female × Male) hybrid seeds were shrivelled, dark brown and inviable, with delayed endosperm cellularization. In contrast, A. arenosa × A. lyrata produced tiny inviable seeds with precocious endosperm cellularization. We also investigated if similar mechanisms could exist between different populations of the same species A. lyrata. In case of intraspecies crosses, A. lyrata Austrian population, when used as seed plant, produced tiny seeds and when used as pollen donor, produced shrivelled dark brown aborted seeds. However, no differences in endosperm cellularization were identified. According to our results, we propose that the hybridization barrier observed between A. lyrata and A. arenosa and between A. lyrata populations is a consequence of different levels of parental conflict experienced by the mating partners. Finally, the genetic analysis of A. arenosa and A. lyrata hybridization barrier suggests that cross direction-dependent multiple loci are responsible for the non-reciprocal hybrid seed defects we observed.
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spelling RepoSLU164162021-02-06T02:00:53Z Endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in Arabidopsis and Capsella Ali, Mohammad Foteh Endosperm development Parental conflict Genetic diversity Auxin In Arabidopsis, endosperm development is very important for viable seed development. Especially, endosperm cellularization is a crucial event for embryo survival and if it fails, can lead to embryo arrest, as observed in seeds derived from interploidy and interspecies hybridization. In case of interploidy crosses, increased ploidy level creates genome dosage imbalance in endosperm and in case of different species, a similar dosage imbalance basis is suspected, but remains to be broadly established. In this study, we investigated the viability of hybrid seeds between two outbreeding species, Arabidopsis lyrata and A. arenosa, in relation with the development of their endosperm. A. lyrata × A. arenosa (Female × Male) hybrid seeds were shrivelled, dark brown and inviable, with delayed endosperm cellularization. In contrast, A. arenosa × A. lyrata produced tiny inviable seeds with precocious endosperm cellularization. We also investigated if similar mechanisms could exist between different populations of the same species A. lyrata. In case of intraspecies crosses, A. lyrata Austrian population, when used as seed plant, produced tiny seeds and when used as pollen donor, produced shrivelled dark brown aborted seeds. However, no differences in endosperm cellularization were identified. According to our results, we propose that the hybridization barrier observed between A. lyrata and A. arenosa and between A. lyrata populations is a consequence of different levels of parental conflict experienced by the mating partners. Finally, the genetic analysis of A. arenosa and A. lyrata hybridization barrier suggests that cross direction-dependent multiple loci are responsible for the non-reciprocal hybrid seed defects we observed. SLU/Dept. Of Plant Biology 2021 H2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16416/
spellingShingle Endosperm development
Parental conflict
Genetic diversity
Auxin
Ali, Mohammad Foteh
Endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in Arabidopsis and Capsella
title Endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in Arabidopsis and Capsella
title_full Endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in Arabidopsis and Capsella
title_fullStr Endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in Arabidopsis and Capsella
title_full_unstemmed Endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in Arabidopsis and Capsella
title_short Endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in Arabidopsis and Capsella
title_sort endosperm-based postzygotic hybridization barriers in arabidopsis and capsella
topic Endosperm development
Parental conflict
Genetic diversity
Auxin