A recent study by Li et al. demonstrated that the removal of like heterochromatin protein 1 (LHP1) in common wheat causes developmental drawbacks, yet confers resistance to stripe rust infection. Due to its role in regulating diversified defense genes, LHP1 was suggested to be an epigenetic gatekeeper potentially promoting adaptive evolution in allopolyploid wheat.

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小麦巧妙隐藏基因不被选择的技巧

李等人最近的一项研究。研究表明，普通小麦中类似异染色质蛋白 1 (LHP1) 的去除会导致发育缺陷，但会赋予对条锈病感染的抵抗力。由于其在调节多样化防御基因中的作用，LHP1被认为是潜在促进异源多倍体小麦适应性进化的表观遗传看门人。