What happens when a plant genome meets with other genome?

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26650139
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Evolutionary biology
• Research Institution: Kazusa DNA Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: SHIBATA DAISUKE 公益財団法人かずさDNA研究所, バイオ研究開発部, 部長 (10370925)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KOUCHI Takayuki 京都大学, 生命科学研究科, 教授 (40202056) ; HANANO Shigeru 公益財団法人かずさＤＮＡ研究所, 技術開発研究部, 特別研究員
• Research Collaborator: YAMAMOTO Naoki ; KOMATSU Aino
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ゲノム進化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A genomic DNA fragment of Arabidopsis thaliana (~100 kbp, containing 12 genes) was introduced into a photoreceptor mutant of Marchantia polymorpha L, which diverged 400 million years ago. The transformed Marchantia polymorpha recovered the deficiency of photo reception. The result indicates that the M polymorpha still recognizes the Arabidopsis gene.

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