Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy (식물분류학회지)

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Endless debates on the extant basal-most angiosperm

현생 기저 피자식물에 대한 끝나지 않는 논쟁

  • Kim, Sangtae (School of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Basic Science Research Institute, Sungshin Women's University)
  • 김상태 (성신여자대학교 생명과학화학부, 기초과학연구소)
  • Received : 2010.02.01
  • Accepted : 2010.03.19
  • Published : 2010.03.31
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Abstract

Recognizing a basal group in a taxon is one of the most important factors involved in understanding the evolutionary history of that group of life. Many botanists have suggested a sister to all other angiosperms to understand the origin and rapid diversification of angiosperms based on morphological and fossil evidence. Recent technical advances in molecular biology and the accumulation of molecular phylogenetic data have provided evidence of the extant basal-most angiosperm which is a sister to all other angiosperms. Although it is still arguable, most plant taxonomists agree that Amborella trichopoda Baill., a species (monotypic genus and monotypic family) distributed in New Caledonia, is a sister to all other extant angiosperms based on evidence from the following molecular approaches: 1) classical phylogenetic analyses based on multiple genes (or DNA regions), 2) analyses of a tree network of duplicated gene families, and 3) gene-structural evidence. As an alternative hypothesis with relatively minor evidence, some researchers have also suggested that Amborella and Nymphaeaceae form a clade that is a sister to all other angiosperms. Debate regarding the basal-most angiosperms is still ongoing and is currently one of the hot issues in plant evolutionary biology. We expect that sequencing of the whole genome of Amborella as an evolutionary model plant and subsequent studies based on this genome sequence will provide information regarding the origin and rapid diversification of angiosperms, which is Darwin's so called abominable mystery.

한 분류군의 진화의 역사를 파악하기 위해서는 분류군 내에서 가장 먼저 분지한 군(기저군)을 알아내는 것이 중요하다. 피자식물의 계통과 진화를 이해하고자 많은 식물학자들은 형태적 연구와 화석적 증거에 의해 현존하는 피자식물들 중 가장 먼저 분지하여 다른 모든 피자식물들과 자매군을 형성하는 분류군을 파악하려고 노력해 왔다. 최근 분자계통학의 기술적 발달과 자료의 축적으로 현생 기저 피자식물군에 대한 객관적 증거들이 제시되고 있다. 여전히 논쟁의 여지는 있지만, 대부분의 식물계통학자들은 1) 다수의 유전자들의 계통분석적 접근, 2) 복제된 두 유전자군의 계통수 네트웍 형성법, 3) 유전자의 구조적 접근 등의 분자적 증거에 의해 현생 기저 피자식물이 뉴칼레도니아에 자생하는 1과 1속 1종 식물인 Amborella trichopoda Baill.임에 동의하고 있다. 그러나 또 다른 가능성으로 Nymphaeaceae (수련과)와 A. trichopoda가 하나의 분계조를 형성하고 형성된 분계조가 다른 모든 피자식물의 자매군임을 지지하는 증거들도 일부 제시되어 현생 기저 피자식물에 대한 논쟁은 계속되고 있다. 현대 분자생물학적인 신기술의 발달은 대량의 분자적 자료를 제공하고 있어 이들 논쟁 해결의 실마리를 제공해 주고 있고, 진화적 모델식물로서의 Amborella 전체 유전체의 염기서열 결정과 이에 대한 파생연구는 Darwin이 지독하게 풀리지 않는 미스터리라 표현한 피자식물의 기원과 분화에 대한 해답을 제시해 줄 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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