DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-10-17DOI: 10.1242/dev.204322
Alexander J Hetherington
{"title":"The role of fossils for reconstructing the evolution of plant development.","authors":"Alexander J Hetherington","doi":"10.1242/dev.204322","DOIUrl":"10.1242/dev.204322","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many of the developmental innovations that underpin the diversity of plant form alive today, such as those facilitating apical growth, branching, leaves, roots, wood and seeds, all evolved over 360 million years ago. Fossils, as our only direct record of plant form in the past, are thus essential for interpreting the origin and evolution of these innovations. The focus of this Spotlight is to showcase the rich plant fossil record open for developmental interpretation and to cement the role that fossils play at a time when increases in genome sequencing and new model species make tackling major questions in the area of plant evolution and development tractable for the first time.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11529274/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142460566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1242/dev.202809
Julia Peloggia, Mark E Lush, Ya-Yin Tsai, Christopher Wood, Tatjana Piotrowski
{"title":"Environmental and molecular control of tissue-specific ionocyte differentiation in zebrafish.","authors":"Julia Peloggia, Mark E Lush, Ya-Yin Tsai, Christopher Wood, Tatjana Piotrowski","doi":"10.1242/dev.202809","DOIUrl":"10.1242/dev.202809","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organisms cope with environmental fluctuations and maintain fitness in part via reversible phenotypic changes (acclimation). Aquatic animals are subject to dramatic seasonal fluctuations in water salinity, which affect osmolarity of their cells and consequently cellular function. Mechanosensory lateral line hair cells detect water motion for swimming behavior and are especially susceptible to salinity changes due to their direct contact with the environment. To maintain hair cell function when salinity decreases, neuromast (Nm)-associated ionocytes differentiate and invade lateral line neuromasts. The signals that trigger the adaptive differentiation of Nm ionocytes are unknown. We demonstrate that new Nm ionocytes are rapidly specified and selectively triggered to proliferate by low Ca2+ and Na+/Cl- levels. We further show that Nm ionocyte recruitment and induction is affected by hair cell activity. Once specified, Nm ionocyte differentiation and survival are associated with sequential activation of different Notch pathway components, a process different from other tissue-specific ionocytes. In summary, we show how environmental changes activate a signaling cascade that leads to physiological adaptation. This may prove essential for survival not only in seasonal changing environments but also in changing climates.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528218/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-10-17DOI: 10.1242/dev.203101
Karl A P Hill, Karin S Pfennig, David W Pfennig
{"title":"Assessment and the regulation of adaptive phenotypic plasticity.","authors":"Karl A P Hill, Karin S Pfennig, David W Pfennig","doi":"10.1242/dev.203101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.203101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organisms can react to environmental variation by altering their phenotype, and such phenotypic plasticity is often adaptive. This plasticity contributes to the diversity of phenotypes across the tree of life. Generally, the production of these phenotypes must be preceded by assessment, where the individual acquires information about its environment and phenotype relative to that environment, and then determines if and how to respond with an alternative phenotype. The role of assessment in adaptive plasticity is, therefore, crucial. In this Review, we (1) highlight the need for explicitly considering the role of assessment in plasticity; (2) present two different models for how assessment and the facultative production of phenotypes are related; and (3) describe an overarching framework for how assessment evolves. In doing so, we articulate avenues of future work and suggest that explicitly considering the role of assessment in the evolution of plasticity is key to explaining how and when plasticity occurs. Moreover, we emphasize the need to understand the role of assessment in adaptive versus maladaptive plasticity, which is an issue that will become increasingly important in a rapidly changing world.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142460563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-10-14DOI: 10.1242/dev.204389
Steffen Lemke, Ashley Albright, Annika Guse
{"title":"Adapting to change: insights from new organisms in cell and developmental biology.","authors":"Steffen Lemke, Ashley Albright, Annika Guse","doi":"10.1242/dev.204389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204389","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We are living in an era of environmental change with undeniable parallels with past mass extinctions. To improve our understanding of planetary health and resilience, we must expand our research beyond traditional lab models. Forecasting the future of biological diversity relies on extrapolation of past trends, which necessitates the study of a wider range of biological systems. The 'Unconventional and Emerging Experimental Organisms for Cell and Developmental Biology' meeting, which took place in Dorking, UK, in September 2023, emphasized the importance of this broader approach. Discussions centered on evolutionary innovation, robustness and diversity, underscoring the need for broader taxon sampling and novel experimental models to address current and future challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142460562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-07-09DOI: 10.1242/dev.202926
Kathrin Garschall, Eudald Pascual-Carreras, Belén García-Pascual, Daria Filimonova, Annika Guse, Iain G Johnston, Patrick R H Steinmetz
{"title":"The cellular basis of feeding-dependent body size plasticity in sea anemones.","authors":"Kathrin Garschall, Eudald Pascual-Carreras, Belén García-Pascual, Daria Filimonova, Annika Guse, Iain G Johnston, Patrick R H Steinmetz","doi":"10.1242/dev.202926","DOIUrl":"10.1242/dev.202926","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many animals share a lifelong capacity to adapt their growth rates and body sizes to changing environmental food supplies. However, the cellular and molecular basis underlying this plasticity remains only poorly understood. We therefore studied how the sea anemones Nematostella vectensis and Aiptasia (Exaiptasia pallida) respond to feeding and starvation. Combining quantifications of body size and cell numbers with mathematical modelling, we observed that growth and shrinkage rates in Nematostella are exponential, stereotypic and accompanied by dramatic changes in cell numbers. Notably, shrinkage rates, but not growth rates, are independent of body size. In the facultatively symbiotic Aiptasia, we show that growth and cell proliferation rates are dependent on the symbiotic state. On a cellular level, we found that >7% of all cells in Nematostella juveniles reversibly shift between S/G2/M and G1/G0 cell cycle phases when fed or starved, respectively. Furthermore, we demonstrate that polyp growth and cell proliferation are dependent on TOR signalling during feeding. Altogether, we provide a benchmark and resource for further investigating the nutritional regulation of body plasticity on multiple scales using the genetic toolkit available for Nematostella.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11267454/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141558316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-09-20DOI: 10.1242/dev.203004
Rita A Batista, Liping Wang, Kenny A Bogaert, Susana M Coelho
{"title":"Insights into the molecular bases of multicellular development from brown algae.","authors":"Rita A Batista, Liping Wang, Kenny A Bogaert, Susana M Coelho","doi":"10.1242/dev.203004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.203004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transition from simple to complex multicellularity represents a major evolutionary step that occurred in only a few eukaryotic lineages. Comparative analyses of these lineages provide insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms driving this transition, but limited understanding of the biology of some complex multicellular lineages, such as brown algae, has hampered progress. This Review explores how recent advances in genetic and genomic technologies now allow detailed investigations into the molecular bases of brown algae development. We highlight how forward genetic techniques have identified mutants that enhance our understanding of pattern formation and sexual differentiation in these organisms. Additionally, the existence and nature of morphogens in brown algae and the potential influence of the microbiome in key developmental processes are examined. Outstanding questions, such as the identity of master regulators, the definition and characterization of cell types, and the molecular bases of developmental plasticity are discussed, with insights into how recent technical advances could provide answers. Overall, this Review highlights how brown algae are emerging as alternative model organisms, contributing to our understanding of the evolution of multicellular life and the diversity of body plans.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142282058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1242/dev.203017
Joan Pallarès-Albanell, Laia Ortega-Flores, Tòt Senar-Serra, Antoni Ruiz, Josep F Abril, Maria Rossello, Isabel Almudi
{"title":"Gene regulatory dynamics during the development of a paleopteran insect, the mayfly Cloeon dipterum.","authors":"Joan Pallarès-Albanell, Laia Ortega-Flores, Tòt Senar-Serra, Antoni Ruiz, Josep F Abril, Maria Rossello, Isabel Almudi","doi":"10.1242/dev.203017","DOIUrl":"10.1242/dev.203017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The evolution of insects has been marked by the appearance of key body plan innovations that promoted the outstanding ability of this lineage to adapt to new habitats, boosting the most successful radiation in animals. To understand the evolution of these new structures, it is essential to investigate which genes and gene regulatory networks participate during the embryonic development of insects. Great efforts have been made to fully understand gene expression and gene regulation during the development of holometabolous insects, in particular Drosophila melanogaster. Conversely, functional genomics resources and databases in other insect lineages are scarce. To provide a new platform to study gene regulation in insects, we generated ATAC-seq for the first time during the development of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum, which belongs to Paleoptera, the sister group to all other winged insects. With these comprehensive datasets along six developmental stages, we characterized pronounced changes in accessible chromatin between early and late embryogenesis. The application of ATAC-seq in mayflies provides a fundamental resource to understand the evolution of gene regulation in insects.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11491810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-07-15DOI: 10.1242/dev.203083
Alice Accorsi, Longhua Guo, Wallace F Marshall, Mathilda T M Mommersteeg, Yu-Ichiro Nakajima
{"title":"Extraordinary model systems for regeneration.","authors":"Alice Accorsi, Longhua Guo, Wallace F Marshall, Mathilda T M Mommersteeg, Yu-Ichiro Nakajima","doi":"10.1242/dev.203083","DOIUrl":"10.1242/dev.203083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Regeneration is the remarkable phenomenon through which an organism can regrow lost or damaged parts with fully functional replacements, including complex anatomical structures, such as limbs. In 2019, Development launched its 'Model systems for regeneration' collection, a series of articles introducing some of the most popular model organisms for studying regeneration in vivo. To expand this topic further, this Perspective conveys the voices of five expert biologists from the field of regenerative biology, each of whom showcases some less well-known, but equally extraordinary, species for studying regeneration.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141619574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1242/dev.203011
Roxane P Spiegelhalder, Lea S Berg, Tiago D G Nunes, Melanie Dörr, Barbara Jesenofsky, Heike Lindner, Michael T Raissig
{"title":"Dual role of BdMUTE during stomatal development in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon.","authors":"Roxane P Spiegelhalder, Lea S Berg, Tiago D G Nunes, Melanie Dörr, Barbara Jesenofsky, Heike Lindner, Michael T Raissig","doi":"10.1242/dev.203011","DOIUrl":"10.1242/dev.203011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Grasses form morphologically derived, four-celled stomata, where two dumbbell-shaped guard cells (GCs) are flanked by two lateral subsidiary cells (SCs). This innovative form enables rapid opening and closing kinetics and efficient plant-atmosphere gas exchange. The mobile bHLH transcription factor MUTE is required for SC formation in grasses. Yet whether and how MUTE also regulates GC development and whether MUTE mobility is required for SC recruitment is unclear. Here, we transgenically impaired BdMUTE mobility from GC to SC precursors in the emerging model grass Brachypodium distachyon. Our data indicate that reduced BdMUTE mobility severely affected the spatiotemporal coordination of GC and SC development. Furthermore, although BdMUTE has a cell-autonomous role in GC division orientation, complete dumbbell morphogenesis of GCs required SC recruitment. Finally, leaf-level gas exchange measurements showed that dosage-dependent complementation of the four-celled grass morphology was mirrored in a gradual physiological complementation of stomatal kinetics. Together, our work revealed a dual role of grass MUTE in regulating GC division orientation and SC recruitment, which in turn is required for GC morphogenesis and the rapid kinetics of grass stomata.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11449446/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142016665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DevelopmentPub Date : 2024-10-15Epub Date: 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1242/dev.204393
{"title":"An interview with Karen Sears.","authors":"","doi":"10.1242/dev.204393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204393","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Karen Sears is a Professor of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. Her group leverages a range of organisms, including bats and the short-tailed opossum, to study the mechanisms underpinning mammalian evolution. Karen is a Guest Editor for Development's Special Issue on Uncovering Developmental Diversity, which highlights how unconventional model organisms are advancing our understanding of developmental biology. We caught up with Karen to find out more about her research, the importance of public engagement and the challenges of working with unusual organisms in the lab.</p>","PeriodicalId":11375,"journal":{"name":"Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142388896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}