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The inevitability of C4 photosynthesis

eLife, 2014
Elements of C4 photosynthesis—a complex adaptation that increases photosynthetic efficiency—may have evolved first to correct an intercellular nitrogen imbalance, and only later evolved a central role in carbon fixation.
Erika J Edwards
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C4 photosynthesis and water stress. [PDF]

Annals of Botany, 2008
In contrast to C(3) photosynthesis, the response of C(4) photosynthesis to water stress has been less-well studied in spite of the significant contribution of C(4) plants to the global carbon budget and food security. The key feature of C(4) photosynthesis is the operation of a CO(2)-concentrating mechanism in the leaves, which serves to saturate ...
Oula Ghannoum
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A dominant role of transcriptional regulation during the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in Flaveria species [PDF]

Nature Communications
C4 photosynthesis exemplifies convergent evolution of complex traits. Herein, we construct chromosome-scale genome assemblies and perform multi-omics analysis for five Flaveria species, which represent evolutionary stages from C3 to C4 photosynthesis ...
Ming-Ju Amy Lyu, Huilong Du, Hongyan Yao, Zhiguo Zhang, Genyun Chen, Yuhui Huang, Xiaoxiang Ni, Faming Chen, Yong-Yao Zhao, Qiming Tang, Fenfen Miao, Yanjie Wang, Yuhui Zhao, Hongwei Lu, Lu Fang, Qiang Gao, Yiying Qi, Qing Zhang, Jisen Zhang, Tao Yang, Xuean Cui, Chengzhi Liang, Tiegang Lu, Xin-Guang Zhu   +23 more
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The coordination of major events in C4 photosynthesis evolution in the genus Flaveria [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
C4 photosynthesis is a remarkable complex trait, elucidations of the evolutionary trajectory of C4 photosynthesis from its ancestral C3 pathway can help us better understand the generic principles of the evolution of complex traits and guide the ...
Ming-Ju Amy Lyu, Udo Gowik, Steve Kelly, Sarah Covshoff, Julian M. Hibberd, Rowan F. Sage, Martha Ludwig, Gane Ka-Shu Wong, Peter Westhoff, Xin-Guang Zhu   +9 more
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Genomic and Cis‐Regulatory Basis of a Plastic C3‐C4 Photosynthesis in Eleocharis Baldwinii [PDF]

Advanced Science
C4 photosynthesis is a crucial trait for efficient carbon fixation; however, the genomic basis and environmental influences on its formation remain under explored.
Lu Chen, Yanfeng Jia, Zaihui Zhou, Qiying Jiang, Jianlin Liu, Jianhui Gu, Chuan Chen, Shujing Cheng, Jinfang Chu, Xin Liu, Yongjun Lin, Xiang Li   +11 more
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Going against the grain: Investigating C4 photosynthesis in the wheat grain with spatial transcriptomics [PDF]

BMC Plant Biology
Background The possibility of a C4 photosynthetic pathway present in the developing grain of wheat, a C3 plant, has been the source of scientific debate.
Tori Millsteed, David Kainer, Robert Sullivan, Xiaohuan Sun, Ka Leung Li, Likai Mao, Arlie Macdonald, Robert J Henry   +7 more
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Evolutionary Convergence of C4 Photosynthesis: A Case Study in the Nyctaginaceae [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
C4 photosynthesis evolved over 65 times, with around 24 origins in the eudicot order Caryophyllales. In the Caryophyllales family Nyctaginaceae, the C4 pathway is known in three genera of the tribe Nyctagineae: Allionia, Okenia and Boerhavia ...
Roxana Khoshravesh, Roxana Khoshravesh, Matt Stata, Shunsuke Adachi, Shunsuke Adachi, Tammy L. Sage, Rowan F. Sage   +6 more
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Agrobacterium-mediated transient transformation of Flaveria bidentis leaves: a novel method to examine the evolution of C4 photosynthesis [PDF]

Plant Methods
The genus Flaveria has been studied extensively as a model for the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. Thus far, molecular analyses in this genus have been limited due to a dearth of genomic information and the lack of a rapid and efficient transformation ...
Christopher J. Baros, Jeremy Beerkens, Martha Ludwig   +2 more
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Evolution of gene regulatory network of C4 photosynthesis in the genus Flaveria reveals the evolutionary status of C3-C4 intermediate species

Plant Communications, 2023
C4 photosynthesis evolved from ancestral C3 photosynthesis by recruiting pre-existing genes to fulfill new functions. The enzymes and transporters required for the C4 metabolic pathway have been intensively studied and well documented; however, the ...
Ming-Ju Amy Lyu, Qiming Tang, Yanjie Wang, Jemaa Essemine, Faming Chen, Xiaoxiang Ni, Genyun Chen, Xin-Guang Zhu   +7 more
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Challenges and Approaches to Crop Improvement Through C3-to-C4 Engineering

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
With a rapidly growing world population and dwindling natural resources, we are now facing the enormous challenge of increasing crop yields while simultaneously improving the efficiency of resource utilization.
Hongchang Cui, Hongchang Cui
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