... to assess their primary or ancestral function. To reduce genetic complexity, we characterized the single Cr RLK1L gene of Marchantia polymorpha , Mp FERONIA (Mp FER ). Plants with reduced Mp FER levels show defects in vegetative development, i.e. rhizoid formation and cell expansion, and have reduced male...

.... In this study, we classified the developmental processes during spermiogenesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha according to changes in cellular and nuclear shapes and flagellar development. We then examined the remodeling of microtubules and the reorganization of endomembrane organelles. The results...

... by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2021 Summary: A Review of new work that clarifies the evolutionary origins of auxin signaling, and strengthens the link between diversification of auxin signaling components and innovation in plant form. Marchantia polymorpha Physcomitrium patens Arabidopsis...

... is unclear. Here, we analyzed the function of NIMA-related protein kinase 1 (MpNEK1) in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha . In the wild type, rhizoid cells differentiate from the ventral epidermis and elongate through tip growth to form hair-like protrusions. In Mp nek1 knockout mutants, rhizoids underwent...

...-diverging land plant Marchantia polymorpha L. is required for the development of the multicellular gas exchange structure: the air pore complex. This 16-cell barrel-shaped structure surrounds an opening between epidermal cells that facilitates the exchange of gases between the chamber containing...