Chloroplast competition is controlled by lipid biosynthesis in evening primroses
Johanna Sobanski, Patrick Giavalisco, Axel Fischer, Julia M. Kreiner, Dirk Walther, Mark Aurel Schöttler, Tommaso Pellizzer, Hieronim Golczyk, Toshihiro Obata, Ralph Bock, Barbara B. Sears, Stephan Greiner
This study identifies rapidly evolving chloroplast genes that control lipid biosynthesis and influence plastid competitiveness in evening primroses, leading to uniparental or biparental inheritance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 4, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics