Pitchers of Nepenthes khasiana express several digestive-enzyme encoding genes, harbor mostly fungi and probably evolved through changes in the expression of leaf polarity genes

Pitchers of Nepenthes khasiana express several digestive-enzyme encoding genes, harbor mostly fungi and probably evolved through changes in the expression of leaf polarity genes

Abstract Background A structural phenomenon seen in certain lineages of angiosperms that has captivated many scholars including Charles Darwin is the evolution of plant carnivory. Evidently, these structural features collectively termed carnivorous syndrome, evolved to aid nutritional acquisition fr...

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Main Authors: Jeremy Dkhar, Yogendra Kumar Bhaskar, Andrew Lynn, Ashwani Pareek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Subjects:
Nepenthes khasiana
Leaf transcriptome
Pitcher development and evolution
Prey digestion
Plant defense
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-020-02663-2

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