@article{HavingaKoolAchilleetal.2016, author = {Havinga, Reinout and Kool, Anneleen and Achille, Frederic and Bavcon, Joze and Berg, Christian and Bonomi, Costantino and Burkart, Michael and De Meyere, Dirk and Havstrom, Mats and Kessler, Paul and Knickmann, Barbara and Koester, Nils and Martinez, Remy and Ostgaard, Havard and Ravnjak, Blanka and Scheen, Anne-Cathrine and Smith, Pamela and Smith, Paul and Socher, Stephanie A. and Vange, Vibekke}, title = {The Index Seminum: Seeds of change for seed exchange}, series = {Taxon}, volume = {65}, journal = {Taxon}, publisher = {International Association for Plant Taxonomy}, address = {Bratislava}, issn = {0040-0262}, doi = {10.12705/652.9}, pages = {333 -- 336}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Botanic gardens have been exchanging seeds through seed catalogues for centuries. In many gardens, these catalogues remain an important source of plant material. Living collections have become more relevant for genetic analysis and derived research, since genomics of non-model organisms heavily rely on living material. The range of species that is made available annually on all seed lists combined, provides an unsurpassed source of instantly accessible plant material for research collections. Still, the Index Seminum has received criticism in the past few decades. The current exchange model dictates that associated data is manually entered into each database. The amount of time involved and the human errors occurring in this process are difficult to justify when the data was initially produced as a report from another database. The authors propose that an online marketplace for seed exchange should be established, with enhanced search possibilities and downloadable accession data in a standardised format. Such online service should preferably be supervised and coordinated by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). This manuscript is the outcome of a workshop on July 9th, 2015, at the European botanic gardens congress "Eurogard VII" in Paris, where the first two authors invited members of the botanic garden community to discuss how the anachronistic Index Seminum can be transformed into an improved and modern tool for seed exchange.}, language = {en} } @article{CuongNguyenHuuKappelKelleretal.2016, author = {Cuong Nguyen Huu, and Kappel, Christian and Keller, Barbara and Sicard, Adrien and Takebayashi, Yumiko and Breuninger, Holger and Nowak, Michael D. and B{\"a}urle, Isabel and Himmelbach, Axel and Burkart, Michael and Ebbing-Lohaus, Thomas and Sakakibara, Hitoshi and Altschmied, Lothar and Conti, Elena and Lenhard, Michael}, title = {Presence versus absence of CYP734A50 underlies the style-length dimorphism in primroses}, series = {eLife}, volume = {5}, journal = {eLife}, publisher = {eLife Sciences Publications}, address = {Cambridge}, issn = {2050-084X}, doi = {10.7554/eLife.17956}, pages = {15}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Heterostyly is a wide-spread floral adaptation to promote outbreeding, yet its genetic basis and evolutionary origin remain poorly understood. In Primula (primroses), heterostyly is controlled by the S-locus supergene that determines the reciprocal arrangement of reproductive organs and incompatibility between the two morphs. However, the identities of the component genes remain unknown. Here, we identify the Primula CYP734A50 gene, encoding a putative brassinosteroid-degrading enzyme, as the G locus that determines the style-length dimorphism. CYP734A50 is only present on the short-styled S-morph haplotype, it is specifically expressed in S-morph styles, and its loss or inactivation leads to long styles. The gene arose by a duplication specific to the Primulaceae lineage and shows an accelerated rate of molecular evolution. Thus, our results provide a mechanistic explanation for the Primula style-length dimorphism and begin to shed light on the evolution of the S-locus as a prime model for a complex plant supergene.}, language = {en} }