Conservation and divergence of YODA MAPKKK function in regulation of grass epidermal patterning

Abrash, Emily; Anleu Gil, M. Ximena; Matos, Juliana L.; Bergmann, Dominique C.

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RESEARCH ARTICLE| 01 January 2018

Conservation and divergence of YODA MAPKKK function in regulation of grass epidermal patterning

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Emily Abrash

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Emily Abrash ‡

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Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

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M. Ximena Anleu Gil,

M. Ximena Anleu Gil ‡

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Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

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Juliana L. Matos,

Juliana L. Matos

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Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

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Present address: University of California Berkeley, Innovative Genomics Institute; Plant and Microbial Biology, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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Dominique C. Bergmann

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Dominique C. Bergmann *

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Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

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Emily Abrash

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‡

1

Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

M. Ximena Anleu Gil ‡

1

Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

Juliana L. Matos

1

Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

3

Present address: University of California Berkeley, Innovative Genomics Institute; Plant and Microbial Biology, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Dominique C. Bergmann

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-3543

*

1

Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

2

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA

*Author for correspondence: dbergmann@stanford.edu

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Contributed equally

Received: 23 Mar 2018

Accepted: 08 Jun 2018

Online ISSN: 1477-9129

Print ISSN: 0950-1991

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (NO AWARD)

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All multicellular organisms must properly pattern cell types to generate functional tissues and organs. The organized and predictable cell lineages of the Brachypodium leaf enabled us to characterize the role of the MAPK kinase kinase gene BdYODA1 in regulating asymmetric cell divisions. We find that YODA genes promote normal stomatal spacing patterns in both Arabidopsis and Brachypodium, despite species-specific differences in those patterns. Using lineage tracing and cell fate markers, we show that, unexpectedly, patterning defects in bdyoda1 mutants do not arise from faulty physical asymmetry in cell divisions but rather from improper enforcement of alternative cellular fates after division. These cross-species comparisons allow us to refine our interpretations of MAPK activities during plant asymmetric cell divisions.

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