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Études des rôles des gènes CUC et MIR164 dans l’évolution des angiospermes

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Auteur / Autrice : Aurélie Vialette-Guiraud
Direction : Charlie Scutt
Type : Thèse de doctorat
Discipline(s) : Sciences de la vie
Date : Soutenance en 2010
Etablissement(s) : Lyon, Ecole normale supérieure
Ecole(s) doctorale(s) : École doctorale de Biologie Moléculaire Intégrative et Cellulaire (Lyon)

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My doctoral studies focused on the evolution of the angiosperms or flowering plants. I studied the genes CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON1-3 (CUC1-3) and the micro-RNA regulator of CUC1 and 2, miR164. In Arabidopsis thaliana, these genes regulate leaf shape and syncarpy. Phylogenetic analysis of the CUC and MIR164 families showed that the CUC/MIR164 module was probably already present in the last common ancestor of the extant angiosperms. We used functional analyses to show that these genes are important for compound leaf development in angiosperms. Moreover, we showed that the CUC/MIR164 module is important for carpel closure in A. Thaliana and that its exact role in syncarpy may differ between Petunia hybrida and A. Thaliana. These studies highlighted the recruitment of the CUC/MIR164 module to control the form of both leaves and the gynoecium in angiosperms.