The renaissance and enlightenment of Marchantia as a model system
Journal
The Plant cell
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
10
Pages
3512
Date Issued
2022-09-27
Author(s)
Bowman, John L
Arteaga-Vazquez, Mario
Berger, Frederic
Briginshaw, Liam N
Carella, Philip
Aguilar-Cruz, Adolfo
Davies, Kevin M
Dierschke, Tom
Dolan, Liam
Dorantes-Acosta, Ana E
Fisher, Tom J
Flores-Sandoval, Eduardo
Futagami, Kazutaka
Ishizaki, Kimitsune
Jibran, Rubina
Kanazawa, Takehiko
Kato, Hirotaka
Kohchi, Takayuki
Levins, Jonathan
Nakagami, Hirofumi
Nishihama, Ryuichi
Romani, Facundo
Schornack, Sebastian
Tanizawa, Yasuhiro
Tsuzuki, Masayuki
Ueda, Takashi
Watanabe, Yuichiro
Yamato, Katsuyuki T
Zachgo, Sabine
Abstract
The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha has been utilized as a model for biological studies since the 18th century. In the past few decades, there has been a Renaissance in its utilization in genomic and genetic approaches to investigating physiological, developmental, and evolutionary aspects of land plant biology. The reasons for its adoption are similar to those of other genetic models, e.g. simple cultivation, ready access via its worldwide distribution, ease of crossing, facile genetics, and more recently, efficient transformation, genome editing, and genomic resources. The haploid gametophyte dominant life cycle of M. polymorpha is conducive to forward genetic approaches. The lack of ancient whole-genome duplications within liverworts facilitates reverse genetic approaches, and possibly related to this genomic stability, liverworts possess sex chromosomes that evolved in the ancestral liverwort. As a representative of one of the three bryophyte lineages, its phylogenetic position allows comparative approaches to provide insights into ancestral land plants. Given the karyotype and genome stability within liverworts, the resources developed for M. polymorpha have facilitated the development of related species as models for biological processes lacking in M. polymorpha.
Subjects
AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION; LAND PLANTS; POLYMORPHA L.; GENE ORGANIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TERPENE SYNTHASES; MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA; COMPLETE SEQUENCE; CELL-DIVISION
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Type
journal article