Stomatal regulators are co-opted for seta development in the astomatous liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
K. C. Moriya, M. Shirakawa, J. Loue-Manifel, Y. Matsuda, Y.-T. Lu, K. Tamura, Y. Oka, T. Matsushita, I. Hara-Nishimura, G. Ingram, R. Nishihama, J. Goodrich, T. Kohchi, T. Shimada
The paper shows that a Ia-IIIb bHLH TF module regulates seta development in liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, similar to its role in stomatal formation in stomatous plants.
bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2022Plant Biology