Cell division events are essential for embryo patterning and morphogenesis: studies on dominant‐negativecdc2aAtmutants ofArabidopsis
Open Access
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Plant Journal
- Vol. 23 (1) , 123-130
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00800.x
Abstract
Summary: During plant development, cell division events are coordinately regulated, leading to specific growth patterns. Experimental evidence indicates that the morphogenetic controls that act at the vegetative plant growth stage are flexible and tolerate distortions in patterns and frequencies of cell division. To address questions concerning the relationship between cell division and embryo formation, a novel experimental approach was used. The frequencies of cell division were reduced exclusively during embryo development ofArabidopsisby the expression of a dominantcdc2amutant. The five independent transgenic lines with the highest levels of the mutantcdc2aaffected embryo formation. In the C13 line, seeds failed to germinate. The C1, C5 and C12 lines displayed a range of distortions on the apical–basal embryo pattern. In the C3 line, the shoot apical meristem of the seedlings produced leaves defective in growth and with an incorrect phyllotactic pattern. The results demonstrate that rates of cell division do not dictate cellular differentiation of embryos. Nevertheless, whereas cell divisions are uncoupled from vegetative development, they are instrumental in elaborating embryo structures and modulating embryo and seedling morphogenesis.Keywords
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