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J Integr Plant Biol ›› 2012, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (9): 610-615.DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01138.x

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The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Higher Plants

Haiping Xin1,2, Jing Zhao3 and Meng-Xiang Sun1*   

  • 收稿日期:2012-04-25 接受日期:2012-06-19 出版日期:2012-06-26 发布日期:2012-06-26

The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Higher Plants

Haiping Xin1,2, Jing Zhao3 and Meng-Xiang Sun1*   

  1. 1Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, 430072, China.
    2Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
    3Department of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.
  • Received:2012-04-25 Accepted:2012-06-19 Online:2012-06-26 Published:2012-06-26
  • About author:*Corresponding author Tel: +86 27 87646170; Fax: +86 27 87646010; Email: mxsun@whu.edu.cn

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Abstract:

During early embryogenesis in mammals and higher plants, the maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT) marks the turnover of developmental control from maternal products to de novo zygotic genome transcripts. Intensive studies in animals indicate that early embryonic development is largely maternally controlled. In recent years, the MZT has drawn the attention of botanists, as it is important for understanding the mechanism of embryogenesis and hybrid vigor. In this study, we present a brief overview of some aspects of the MZT in flowering plants. Based on what we have learned from Nicotiana tabacum, we hypothesize that the MZT occurs before zygotic cell division and that the development of the fertilized egg cell in flowering plants can be divided into two phases: the zygote stage, which is mainly controlled maternally, and the one-celled proembryo stage, in which zygotic genome activation (ZGA) occurs and is required for zygote division.

Xin HP, Zhao J, Sun MX (2012) The maternal-to-zygotic transition in higher plants. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 54(9), 610–615.

Key words: Embryogenesis, maternal-to-zygotic transition, Nicotiana tabacum, zygote

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