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Composite modeling of leaf shape along shoots discriminates Vitis species better than individual leaves

PREMISE: Leaf morphology is dynamic, continuously deforming during leaf expansion and among leaves within a shoot. Here, we measured the leaf morphology of more than 200 grapevines (Vitis spp.) over four years and modeled changes in leaf shape along the shoot to determine whether a composite leaf sh...

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Autores principales: Bryson, Abigail E., Wilson Brown, Maya, Mullins, Joey, Dong, Wei, Bahmani, Keivan, Bornowski, Nolan, Chiu, Christina, Engelgau, Philip, Gettings, Bethany, Gomezcano, Fabio, Gregory, Luke M., Haber, Anna C., Hoh, Donghee, Jennings, Emily E., Ji, Zhongjie, Kaur, Prabhjot, Kenchanmane Raju, Sunil K., Long, Yunfei, Lotreck, Serena G., Mathieu, Davis T., Ranaweera, Thilanka, Ritter, Eleanore J., Sadohara, Rie, Shrote, Robert Z., Smith, Kaila E., Teresi, Scott J., Venegas, Julian, Wang, Hao, Wilson, McKena L., Tarrant, Alyssa R., Frank, Margaret H., Migicovsky, Zoë, Kumar, Jyothi, VanBuren, Robert, Londo, Jason P., Chitwood, Daniel H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7742203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33344095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11404
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Sumario:PREMISE: Leaf morphology is dynamic, continuously deforming during leaf expansion and among leaves within a shoot. Here, we measured the leaf morphology of more than 200 grapevines (Vitis spp.) over four years and modeled changes in leaf shape along the shoot to determine whether a composite leaf shape comprising all the leaves from a single shoot can better capture the variation and predict species identity compared with individual leaves. METHODS: Using homologous universal landmarks found in grapevine leaves, we modeled various morphological features as polynomial functions of leaf nodes. The resulting functions were used to reconstruct modeled leaf shapes across the shoots, generating composite leaves that comprehensively capture the spectrum of leaf morphologies present. RESULTS: We found that composite leaves are better predictors of species identity than individual leaves from the same plant. We were able to use composite leaves to predict the species identity of previously unassigned grapevines, which were verified with genotyping. DISCUSSION: Observations of individual leaf shape fail to capture the true diversity between species. Composite leaf shape—an assemblage of modeled leaf snapshots across the shoot—is a better representation of the dynamic and essential shapes of leaves, in addition to serving as a better predictor of species identity than individual leaves.