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022 _a0305-7364
022 _a1095-8290 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mct141
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100 1 _aFlores-Rentería, L.
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245 1 0 _aProgrammed cell death promotes male sterility in the functional dioecious Opuntia stenopetala (Cactaceae)
260 _aUnited Kingdom :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2013.
500 _aPeer review
520 _aBackground and Aims. The sexual separation in dioecious species has interested biologists for decades; however, the cellular mechanism leading to unisexuality has been poorly understood. In this study, the cellular changes that lead to male sterility in the functionally dioecious cactus, Opuntia stenopetala, are described. Methods. The spatial and temporal patterns of programmed cell death (PCD) were determined in the anthers of male and female flowers using scanning electron microscopy analysis and histological observations, focusing attention on the transition from bisexual to unisexual development. In addition, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labelling assays were used as an indicator of DNA fragmentation to corroborate PCD. Key results. PCD was detected in anthers of both female and male flowers, but their patterns differed in time and space. Functionally male individuals developed viable pollen, and normal development involved PCD on each layer of the anther wall, which occurred progressively from the inner (tapetum) to the outer layer (epidermis). Conversely, functional female individuals aborted anthers by premature and displaced PCD. In anthers of female flowers, the first signs of PCD, such as a nucleus with irregular shape, fragmented and condensed chromatin, high vacuolization and condensed cytoplasm, occurred at the microspore mother cell stage. Later these features were observed simultaneously in all anther wall layers, connective tissue and filament. Neither pollen formation nor anther dehiscence was detected in female flowers of O. stenopetala due to total anther disruption. Conclusions. Temporal and spatial changes in the patterns of PCD are responsible for male sterility of female flowers in O. stenopetala. Male fertility requires the co-ordination of different events, which, when altered, can lead to male sterility and to functionally unisexual individuals. PCD could be a widespread mechanism in the determination of functionally dioecious species.
546 _aText in English
591 _aChipindu, L. : Not in IRS Staff list but CIMMYT Affiliation
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_aOpuntia
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_911846
_aApoptosis
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_aMale infertility
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_aCactaceae
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_aReproduction
700 1 _911849
_aOrozco-Arroyo, G.
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_aCruz-García, F.
700 1 _911851
_aGarcía-Campusano, F.
700 1 _911852
_aAlfaro, I.
700 1 _911853
_aVázquez-Santana, S.
773 0 _tAnnals of Botany
_gv. 112, no. 5, p. 789–800
_dUnited Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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