ArticleGenome research2016
Venus flytrap carnivorous lifestyle builds on herbivore defense strategies.
Article in Genome research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.
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- Identification of carnivory in the flowering plant Saxifraga via multidisciplinary evidence.Nature communications · 2026Article
- CAnDI: A New Tool to Investigate Conflict in Homologous Gene Trees and Explain Convergent Trait Evolution.Systematic biology · 2026Article
- Glutathione induces trap closure for carnivory in Cape sundew.Science advances · 2026Article
- Transcriptomic prey-capture responses in convergently evolved carnivorous pitcher plants.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- A chromosome-scale genome of Sarracenia purpurea reveals a significant expansion of plant defense and stress response gene families following paleopolyploidization.The plant genome · 2026Article
- The power of ionic movements in plants.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Immunocytochemical Analysis of the Wall Ingrowths and Cell Wall Microdomains in the Digestive Glands of Venus' Flytrap.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Unrolling of Syngonium podophyllum: Functional Anatomy, Morphology and Modelling of Its Peltate Leaves.Advanced biology · 2025Article
- How the diversity in digestion in carnivorous plants may have evolved.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- Venus flytraps' metabolome analysis discloses the metabolic fate of prey animal foodstock.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Article
- Extracellular Vesicles From Xylella fastidiosa Carry sRNAs and Genomic Islands, Suggesting Roles in Recipient Cells.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025Article
- The carnivorous rainbow plant Byblis filifolia Planch. secretes digestive enzymes in response to prey capture independently of jasmonates.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025Article
- Broad-scale phenotyping in Arabidopsis reveals varied involvement of RNA interference across diverse plant-microbe interactions.Plant direct · 2024Article
- An acidophilic fungus promotes prey digestion in a carnivorous plant.Nature microbiology · 2024Article
- Is the co-option of jasmonate signalling for botanical carnivory a universal trait for all carnivorous plants?Journal of experimental botany · 2024Article
- Carnivorous plant evolution: is a killer defense always the best option?Journal of experimental botany · 2024Article
- Comparative transcriptomics of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) across stages of prey capture and digestion.PloS one · 2024Article
- A fungal RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is a novel player in plant infection and cross-kingdom RNA interference.PLoS pathogens · 2023Article
- Differences in the Occurrence of Cell Wall Components between Distinct Cell Types in Glands ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Although the concept of botanical carnivory has been known since Darwin's time, the molecular mechanisms that allow animal feeding remain unknown, primarily due to a complete lack of genomic information. Here, we show that the transcriptomic landscape of the Dionaea trap is dramatically shifted toward signal transduction and nutrient transport upon insect feeding, with touch hormone signaling and protein secretion prevailing. At the same time, a massive induction of general defense responses is accompanied by the repression of cell death-related genes/processes. We hypothesize that the carnivory syndrome of Dionaea evolved by exaptation of ancient defense pathways, replacing cell death with nutrient acquisition.
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