Cephalotaxus 27 claims

Claim · model-written summary

Comparative pollen-cone anatomy indicates each lateral flower-like structure represents an entire pollen cone.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse0

Organ / stage

pollen conee0

Outcome

each lateral flower-like structure represents an entire pollen conee0

Verbatim

e0

“In Cephalotaxus, each lateral flower-like structure represents an entire pollen cone, compared with a single perisporangiate microsporangiophore in Pseudotaxus.”

Claim · model-written summary

Some drop proteins appear unique to Cephalotaxus and may degrade starch and callose.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse0

Outcome

proteins appear to be uniquee0

Qualifier

putative functions include starch and callose degradatione0

Verbatim

e0

“Other proteins appear to be unique to Cephalotaxus, and their putative functions include starch and callose degradation, among others.”

Claim · model-written summary

Pollination drop proteins appear either secreted or released through ovular cell breakdown.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse1

Outcome

proteins appear either to have been secreted into the drop or to occur theree0

Qualifier

breakdown of ovular cells during drop productione0

Verbatim

e0

“Together, the proteins appear either to have been secreted into the drop or to occur there due to breakdown of ovular cells during drop production.”

e1

“Cephalotaxus pollination drops”

Claim · model-written summary

Ovular transcripts spanned many gene ontology categories and some may contribute to drop formation, ovule development and pollen-ovule interactions.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse1

Organ / stage

Ovulare0

Outcome

Ovular transcripts represent a wide range of gene ontology categoriese0

Verbatim

e0

“Ovular transcripts represent a wide range of gene ontology categories, and some may be involved in drop formation, ovule development and pollen-ovule interactions.”

e1

“Cephalotaxus pollination drops”

Claim · model-written summary

Cephalotaxus drop proteomes share defense and carbohydrate modification components with other conifers and gnetophytes.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse0

Gene

chitinasese0

Outcome

shares a number of componentse0

Comparator

other conifers and gnetophytese0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“The proteome of Cephalotaxus pollination drops shares a number of components with those of other conifers and gnetophytes, including proteins for defence such as chitinases and for carbohydrate modification such as β-galactosidase.”

Claim · model-written summary

Likely intracellular proteins constitute a larger component of Cephalotaxus drops than expected from other conifers.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse0

Outcome

Proteins likely to be of intracellular origine0

Direction

largere0

Comparator

other coniferse0

Verbatim

e0

“Proteins likely to be of intracellular origin, however, form a larger component of drops from Cephalotaxus than expected from studies of other conifers.”

Claim · model-written summary

Nucellar breakdown was observed during Cephalotaxus drop formation.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse0

Organ / stage

nucellare0

Outcome

nucellar breakdown during drop formatione0

Verbatim

e0

“observation of nucellar breakdown during drop formation in Cephalotaxus”

Claim · model-written summary

Transcriptome data reveal conserved WUSCHEL expression in ovules.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse1

Organ / stage

ovulese0

Gene

WUSCHELe0

Outcome

deep conservation of WUSCHEL expressione0

Verbatim

e0

“They reveal the deep conservation of WUSCHEL expression in ovules”

e1

“Cephalotaxus ovules”

Claim · model-written summary

The Cephalotaxus transcriptome provides a framework for studying metabolism in ovules and pollination drops.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse1

Organ / stage

ovulee0

Outcome

framework for understanding multiple metabolic processese0

Not reportedComparatorValue

Verbatim

e0

“The transcriptome data provide a framework for understanding multiple metabolic processes that occur within the ovule and the pollination drop just before fertilization.”

e1

“Cephalotaxus ovules”

Claim · model-written summary

Repeat, indel, and substitution distributions are significantly correlated in Cephalotaxus chloroplast genomes.

Taxon

CephalotaxusCephalotaxuse0

Organ / stage

cp genomese0

Outcome

distribution of repeats, indels, and substitutionse0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“the distribution of repeats, indels, and substitutions is significantly correlated in Cephalotaxus cp genomes”