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SUBMITTER: Higo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6290024 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Higo Asuka A Kawashima Tomokazu T Borg Michael M Zhao Mingmin M López-Vidriero Irene I Sakayama Hidetoshi H Montgomery Sean A SA Sekimoto Hiroyuki H Hackenberg Dieter D Shimamura Masaki M Nishiyama Tomoaki T Sakakibara Keiko K Tomita Yuki Y Togawa Taisuke T Kunimoto Kan K Osakabe Akihisa A Suzuki Yutaka Y Yamato Katsuyuki T KT Ishizaki Kimitsune K Nishihama Ryuichi R Kohchi Takayuki T Franco-Zorrilla José M JM Twell David D Berger Frédéric F Araki Takashi T
Nature communications 20181211 1
Evolutionary mechanisms underlying innovation of cell types have remained largely unclear. In multicellular eukaryotes, the evolutionary molecular origin of sperm differentiation is unknown in most lineages. Here, we report that in algal ancestors of land plants, changes in the DNA-binding domain of the ancestor of the MYB transcription factor DUO1 enabled the recognition of a new cis-regulatory element. This event led to the differentiation of motile sperm. After neo-functionalization, DUO1 acq ...[more]