Developmental BiologyeLifePeer-reviewed
Deep evolutionary origin of gamete-directed zygote activation by KNOX/BELL transcription factors in green plants
Tetsuya Hisanaga, Shota Fujimoto, Yihui Cui…·Keiji Nakajima
The paper shows that KNOX/BELL transcription factors in Marchantia polymorpha initiate zygotic development similarly to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, suggesting zygote activation is the ancestral role of these factors.