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Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Plant Development and EvoDevo
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1525729
This article is part of the Research Topic Plant Meiosis and Gametogenesis Under Abiotic Stress View all articles

Revisiting the female germline cell development

Provisionally accepted
Youmei Huang Youmei Huang 1Yunlong Zhang Yunlong Zhang 2*Jiahong Yang Jiahong Yang 2*Xinpeng Xi Xinpeng Xi 2*Yanfen Liu Yanfen Liu 2*Hanyang Cai Hanyang Cai 1,3*Yuan Qin Yuan Qin 2,3,4*
  • 1 College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China
  • 2 College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
  • 3 Haixia Institue of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China
  • 4 State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China

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    The formation of female germline is the fundamental process in most flowering plants sexual reproduction. In Arabidopsis, only one somatic cell obtains the female germline fate, and this process is regulated by different pathways. Megaspore mother cells (MMC) is the first female germline, understanding MMC development is essential for comprehending the complex mechanisms of plant reproduction processes. Recently, more advance technologies such as wholemount single-molecule fluorescence in situ hybridization (smFISH), laser-assisted microdissection (LCM), chromatin immunoprecipitation/sequencing, and CRISPR gene editing have provided opportunities to reveal the mechanism of female germline development at different stages. Singlecell transcriptome/ spatial transcriptomics analysis helps to investigate complex cellular systems at the single-cell level, reflecting the biological complexity of different cell types. In this review, we highlight recent progress that facilitates the development of female germline to explore the roles of crucial gene regulatory networks, epigenetic pathways, cell-cycle regulators and phytohormones in this process. This review discusses three key phases in female germline development and provides possibility of distinct pathways restrict germline development in the future.

    Keywords: MMC, plant reproduction processes, epigenetic pathways, Cell-cycle regulators, phytohormones

    Received: 10 Nov 2024; Accepted: 20 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Huang, Zhang, Yang, Xi, Liu, Cai and Qin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yunlong Zhang, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
    Jiahong Yang, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
    Xinpeng Xi, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
    Yanfen Liu, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
    Hanyang Cai, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China
    Yuan Qin, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

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