🌱 Highlighted research article:
Gene expression divergence following gene and genome duplications in spatially resolved plant transcriptomes
Fabricio Almeida-Silva & Yves Van de Peer
The Plant Cell, Volume 37, Issue 10, October 2025, koaf243 doi.org/10.1093/plce...

🧬 In Brief:
Duplicated genes find their space: Spatial transcriptomics illuminates evolutionary fates
The Plant Cell, koaf265. doi.org/10.1093/plce...

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We highlight how nodules & lateral roots share regulatory pathways but evolved distinct organ identities. 🌿We also showcase emerging tools — single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, and advanced imaging — that are providing fresh insights into the regulation of nodulation. 🧬

We explore how plants adapt their developmental programs to form specialized organs — nodules, galls, haustoria — enabling mutualistic or parasitic symbioses.
Despite their differences, these organs share gene regulatory pathways, demonstrating the remarkable plasticity of plant development.

Wang et al. reveal how plant glutamyl-tRNA reductases (GluTRs) drive heme biosynthesis in nodules, supplying both the plant and rhizobia, and coordinating metabolism to support symbiosis. 🌱