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Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Selenium Accumulation

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Selenium in plants

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Abstract

Essential selenium (Se) metabolism, as found in some photosynthetic cyanobacteria and algae, appears to have been lost in plants. Although not essential, Se is readily taken up by plants due to its similarity to sulfur (S), and typically plant accumulation of Se parallels that of S. In contrast, some plant species appear to preferentially take up Se over S, translocate and sequester Se and S independently, and accumulate Se to levels above 0.1% of dry matter. This so-called Se hyperaccumulation trait occurs in different plant lineages and likely has evolved independently multiple times. The variation in plant Se accumulation, particularly the phenomenon of hyperaccumulation, leads to some intriguing evolutionary questions: What may be the physiological and ecological benefits and constraints of Se hyperaccumulation? What sequence of events led to Se hyperaccumulation? Did tolerance and accumulation evolve simultaneously or sequentially, and what were the physiological, biochemical and genetic steps involved? These questions are explored in this chapter.

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Reynolds, R.J.B., Cappa, J.J., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H. (2017). Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Selenium Accumulation. In: Pilon-Smits, E., Winkel, L., Lin, ZQ. (eds) Selenium in plants. Plant Ecophysiology, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56249-0_12

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