Developmental diversification re-patterns basal antiviral immunity across plant cell types.
Luis Villar-Martín, Brigen Manikan, Tamara Jiménez‐Góngora, Paloma Alvarez-Franco, Kitija Ulme, Víctor M González, Ignacio Rubio‐Somoza
The paper investigates how developmental diversification affects antiviral immunity in different plant cell types by comparing RNAi-based defenses in Marchantia polymorpha and Arabidopsis thaliana.
bioRxiv · May 19, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology