Environmental and Evolutionary Preconditions for the Origin and Diversification of the C4 Photosynthetic Syndrome

By R. Sage. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology

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Comprehending crystalline β-carotene accumulation by comparing engineered cell models and the natural carotenoid-rich system of citrus (2011, unknown): “The transcript abundance was normalized against peanut Ubiquitin (Luo et al. , 2005) transcript levels.”
Carbon and oxygen isotopic variability in Neogene paleosol carbonates: constraints on the evolution of the C4-grasslands of the Great Plains, USA (2004, background): “As essentially all modern trees and shrubs (and cool-climate grasses) use the C3 photosynthetic pathway (Sage, 2001), the regionwould have been dominated by C3 biomass prior to the development of grasslands.”
The age of the grasses and clusters of origins of C4 photosynthesis (2008, background): “…clear that the preindustrial CO2 levels were achieved much earlier, between ca. 35 and 25 Ma during the Oligocene (Pagani et al., 2005), prompting (Sage, 2001, 2004) to suggest a possible correlation between the Oligocene drop in CO2 and the origins (rather than expanded distribution) of C4…”
Evolution of CAM and C4 Carbon‐Concentrating Mechanisms (2003, background): “Molecular clock estimates indicate the origin of one C4 clade, the Andropogoneae in the Poaceae, dates to at least the late Oligocene, more than 25 million years ago (Kellogg 1999).”
Gene Duplication, Neofunctionalization, and the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis (2003, background): “…of C4 photosynthesis has received much attention in recent years, including its relevance to global climate change (Ehleringer et al. 1991; Cerling et al. 1993, 1997) and changes in the atmospheric CO2 concentration (Ehleringer and Monson 1993; Ehleringer et al. 1997; Cowling 2001; Sage 2001).”
Evolution along the crassulacean acid metabolism continuum (2010, background): “In contrast, C4 photosynthesis occurs in only19 families andaccounts for ~3%of plant species comprising mainly grasses and sedges and some dicots (Sage2001, 2004).”
Isoprene emission from plants: why and how. (2007, background): “Instead, it appears that isoprene emission is more like the evolution of C4 metabolism, which arose numerous times in response to an environmental constraint (Sage, 2001; Sage and Pearcy, 2000).”
Photorespiration and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. (2012, background): “The 30-million-year spread in the timing of the many C4 origins following the Oligocene CO2 decline now indicates that rather than serving as a trigger, low CO2 was a precondition for C4 evolution, enabling other factors to play a pivotal role.”
Phylogeny of Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae and the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis (2003, background): “According to recent counts, C4 photosynthesis occurs in 45 genera and ca. 550 species of Chenopodiaceae and in 10 genera and ca. 250 species of Amaranthaceae (Sage and Monson 1999; Sage 2001; R. F. Sage, unpublished data).”
The origins and diversification of C4 grasses and savanna‐adapted ungulates (2009, background): “…epidermal silica densities of C4 grasses One of the commonly discussed nonclimatic factors that could have driven C4 grass evolution is herbivory (Coughenour, 1985; Belsky, 1986; Janis, 1993; Macfadden & Cerling, 1994; Chapman, 1996; Jernvall et al., 1996; Sage, 2001; Beerling & Osborne, 2006).”
The global distribution of ecosystems in a world without fire. (2004, background): “…decreasing atmospheric [CO2], which favours the C4 photosynthetic mechanism (Ehleringer et al., 1997, but see Keeley & Rundel, 2003), but increased fire frequencies must have been a major factor in their rapid spread at the expense of forests (Sage, 2001; Bond et al., 2003b; Keeley & Rundel, 2003).”