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Convergent evolution of plant prickles by repeated gene co-option over deep time
Satterlee, James W, Alonso, David, Gramazio, Pietro, Jenike, Katharine M, He, Jia, Arrones, Andrea, Villanueva, Gloria, Plazas, Mariola, Ramakrishnan, Srividya, Benoit, Matthias, Gentile, Iacopo, Hendelman, Anat, Shohat, Hagai, Fitzgerald, Blaine, Robitaille, Gina M, Green, Yumi, Swartwood, Kerry, Passalacqua, Michael J, Gagnon, Edeline, Hilgenhof, Rebecca, Huggins, Trevis D, Eizenga, Georgia C, Gur, Amit, Rutten, Twan, Stein, Nils, Yao, Shengrui, Poncet, Adrien, Bellot, Clement, Frary, Amy, Knapp, S, Bendahmane, Mohammed, Särkinen, Tiina, Gillis, Jesse, Van Eck, Joyce, Schatz, Michael C, Eshed, Yuval, Prohens, Jaime, Vilanova, Santiago, Lippman, Zachary B
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An enduring question in evolutionary biology concerns the degree to which episodes of convergent trait evolution depend on the same genetic programs, particularly over long timescales. In this work, we genetically dissected repeated origins and losses of prickles—sharp epidermal projections—that convergently evolved in numerous plant lineages. Mutations in a cytokinin hormone biosynthetic gene caused at least 16 independent losses of prickles in eggplants and wild relatives in the genus
<jats:italic>Solanum</jats:italic>
. Homologs underlie prickle formation across angiosperms that collectively diverged more than 150 million years ago, including rice and roses. By developing new
<jats:italic>Solanum</jats:italic>
genetic systems, we leveraged this discovery to eliminate prickles in a wild species and an indigenously foraged berry. Our findings implicate a shared hormone activation genetic program underlying evolutionarily widespread and recurrent instances of plant morphological innovation.
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James W. Satterlee et al. ,Convergent evolution of plant prickles by repeated gene co-option over deep time.Science385,eado1663(2024).DOI:10.1126/science.ado1663
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0036-8075
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1095-9203