Venus flytrap carnivorous lifestyle builds on herbivore defense strategies. Bemm, F., Becker, D., Larisch, C., Kreuzer, I., Escalante-Perez, M., Schulze, W. X., Ankenbrand, M., Weyer, A. V. d., Krol, E., Al-Rasheid, K. A., Mithöfer, A., Weber, A. P., Schultz, J., & Hedrich, R. Genome Research, May, 2016.
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Although the concept of botanical carnivory has been known since Darwin's time, the molecular mechanisms that allow animal feeding remain unknown, primarily due to a complete lack of genomic information. Here, we show that the transcriptomic landscape of the Dionaea trap is dramatically shifted toward signal transduction and nutrient transport upon insect feeding, with touch hormone signaling and protein secretion prevailing. At the same time, a massive induction of general defense responses is accompanied by the repression of cell death–related genes/processes. We hypothesize that the carnivory syndrome of Dionaea evolved by exaptation of ancient defense pathways, replacing cell death with nutrient acquisition.
@article{bemm_venus_2016,
	title = {Venus flytrap carnivorous lifestyle builds on herbivore defense strategies},
	issn = {1088-9051, 1549-5469},
	url = {http://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2016/04/28/gr.202200.115},
	doi = {10.1101/gr.202200.115},
	abstract = {Although the concept of botanical carnivory has been known since Darwin's time, the molecular mechanisms that allow animal feeding remain unknown, primarily due to a complete lack of genomic information. Here, we show that the transcriptomic landscape of the Dionaea trap is dramatically shifted toward signal transduction and nutrient transport upon insect feeding, with touch hormone signaling and protein secretion prevailing. At the same time, a massive induction of general defense responses is accompanied by the repression of cell death–related genes/processes. We hypothesize that the carnivory syndrome of Dionaea evolved by exaptation of ancient defense pathways, replacing cell death with nutrient acquisition.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2016-05-11},
	journal = {Genome Research},
	author = {Bemm, Felix and Becker, Dirk and Larisch, Christina and Kreuzer, Ines and Escalante-Perez, Maria and Schulze, Waltraud X. and Ankenbrand, Markus and Weyer, Anna-Lena Van de and Krol, Elzbieta and Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. and Mithöfer, Axel and Weber, Andreas P. and Schultz, Jörg and Hedrich, Rainer},
	month = may,
	year = {2016},
}

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