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Brassicaceae
About: Brassicaceae is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 547 publications have been published within this topic receiving 13033 citations. The topic is also known as: Cruciferae & mustards.
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19 Apr 2016
TL;DR: Arabidopsis (rockcress) is a genus in the family Brassicaceae as mentioned in this paper, which includes nine species and eight subspecies, and has 10 chromosomes in diploid stage.
Abstract: Arabidopsis (rockcress) is a genus in the family Brassicaceae. Representatives of Brassicaceae family are small-flowering plants, some of them
are important crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, radish, and canola.
Arabidopsis genus includes nine species and eight subspecies. The
subspecies delimitation is quite recent, and is based on morphological
and molecular phylogenetics (Elizabeth 2000). Arabidopsis thalianacommonly known as thale cress, has 10 chromosomes in diploid stage
and was the first plant to have its entire genome sequenced. Most of the
species in Arabidopsis are indigenous to Europe and only two species are
found in North America and Asia.
982 citations
TL;DR: The glucosinolate content of various organs of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.
936 citations
TL;DR: There appears to be a modular genetic system regulating glucos inolate profiles in Arabidopsis that allows the rapid generation of new glucosinolate combinations in response to changing herbivory or other selective pressures.
Abstract: Glucosinolates are biologically active secondary metabolites of the Brassicaceae and related plant families that influence plant/insect interactions. Specific glucosinolates can act as feeding deterrents or stimulants, depending upon the insect species. Hence, natural selection might favor the presence of diverse glucosinolate profiles within a given species. We determined quantitative and qualitative variation in glucosinolates in the leaves and seeds of 39 Arabidopsis ecotypes. We identified 34 different glucosinolates, of which the majority are chain-elongated compounds derived from methionine. Polymorphism at only five loci was sufficient to generate 14 qualitatitvely different leaf glucosinolate profiles. Thus, there appears to be a modular genetic system regulating glucosinolate profiles in Arabidopsis. This system allows the rapid generation of new glucosinolate combinations in response to changing herbivory or other selective pressures. In addition to the qualitative variation in glucosinolate profiles, we found a nearly 20-fold difference in the quantity of total aliphatic glucosinolates and were able to identify a single locus that controls nearly three-quarters of this variation.
706 citations
411 citations
TL;DR: This review examines recent outcomes from diverse botanical disciplines to synthesize for the first time a holistic view on the evolutionary history of the mustard family.
403 citations
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