Important processes during differentiation and early development of somatic embryos of Norway spruce as revealed by changes in global gene expression

The aim of this study has been to identify important processes that regulate early stages of embryo development in conifers. Somatic embryogenesis in Picea abies has become a model system for studying embryology in conifers, providing a well-characterized sequence of developmental stages, resembling zygotic embryogeny, which can be synchronized by specific treatments, making it possible to collect a large number of somatic embryos at specific developmental stages. We have used this model to analyze global changes in gene expression during early stages of embryo development by generating an expression profile of 12,536 complementary DNA clones. This has allowed us to identify molecular events regulating putative processes associated with pattern formation during the earliest stages of embryogenesis which have not been identified on the molecular level in conifers before. We recognize notable changes in the expression of genes involved in regulating auxin biosynthesis and auxin response, gibberellin-mediated signaling, signaling between the embryo and the female gametophyte, tissue specification including the formation of boundary regions, and the switch from embryonic to vegetative development. In addition, our results confirm the involvement of previously described processes, including stress, differentiation of a protoderm, and programmed cell death.

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  2011

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  Tree Genetics & Genomes

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  2011-09-13

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  DOI 10.1007/s11295-010-0336-4PMCID 3240102
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