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Spatially and Temporally Distributed Complexity-A Refreshed Framework for the Study of GRN Evolution

Minelli, Alessandro ; Valero-Gracia, Alberto

Cells (Basel, Switzerland), 2022-05, Vol.11 (11), p.1790 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Switzerland: MDPI AG

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  • Título:
    Spatially and Temporally Distributed Complexity-A Refreshed Framework for the Study of GRN Evolution
  • Autor: Minelli, Alessandro ; Valero-Gracia, Alberto
  • Assuntos: adultocentrism ; Analysis ; development ; Developmental biology ; Embryonic development ; Evolution ; Generations ; Genes ; Genetic regulation ; Genotype & phenotype ; Genotypes ; Health aspects ; hierarchy ; Life cycles ; Methods ; Morphology ; Phenotypes ; phenotypic plasticity ; Physiological aspects ; Polymorphism ; polyphenism ; Regulation ; Transcriptomics
  • É parte de: Cells (Basel, Switzerland), 2022-05, Vol.11 (11), p.1790
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  • Descrição: Irrespective of the heuristic value of interpretations of developmental processes in terms of gene regulatory networks (GRNs), larger-angle views often suffer from: (i) an inadequate understanding of the relationship between genotype and phenotype; (ii) a predominantly zoocentric vision; and (iii) overconfidence in a putatively hierarchical organization of animal body plans. Here, we constructively criticize these assumptions. First, developmental biology is pervaded by adultocentrism, but development is not necessarily egg to adult. Second, during development, many unicells undergo transcriptomic profile transitions that are comparable to those recorded in pluricellular organisms; thus, their study should not be neglected from the GRN perspective. Third, the putatively hierarchical nature of the animal body is mirrored in the GRN logic, but in relating genotype to phenotype, independent assessments of the dynamics of the regulatory machinery and the animal's architecture are required, better served by a combinatorial than by a hierarchical approach. The trade-offs between spatial and temporal aspects of regulation, as well as their evolutionary consequences, are also discussed. Multicellularity may derive from a unicell's sequential phenotypes turned into different but coexisting, spatially arranged cell types. In turn, polyphenism may have been a crucial mechanism involved in the origin of complex life cycles.
  • Editor: Switzerland: MDPI AG
  • Idioma: Inglês;Norueguês
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