/smithlab/ en /smithlab/2019/06/17/reu-searching-floral-carotenoids-solanaceae <span>REU-searching floral carotenoids in Solanaceae</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-06-17T17:28:16-06:00" title="Monday, June 17, 2019 - 17:28">Mon, 06/17/2019 - 17:28</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/smithlab/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/20190613_120804_copy.jpg?h=5cb3d815&amp;itok=lmuum8n9" width="1200" height="600" alt="Ashley"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/smithlab/taxonomy/term/61"> research </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/smithlab/taxonomy/term/12" hreflang="en">Newsfeed</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/smithlab/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/measured_carots.jpg?itok=b3f-A2uV" width="1500" height="2105" alt="caros1"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Carotenoids are the pigments that make oranges orange and tomatoes red.&nbsp; Despite their abundance in fruits, we know very little about their role in flower color. Exciting recent work in <em>Mimulus</em> has identified some of the genes that control the yellow nectar guides that are made with carotenoids, and Ashley, an undergraduate from TAMU-Corpus Christi, is looking to see if those same genes are found in the tomato family.&nbsp; She is using anatomical approaches to score levels of carotenoid production in flowers (because you can see them in chromoplasts!) as well as transcriptomic approaches to search for candidate genes. All the beautiful images below are hers!&nbsp; She will soon be presenting preliminary results from her work at Botany 2019 in Tucson.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>REU student Ashley Hamilton is using anatomical and transcriptomic approaches to discover the mechanisms for carotenoid pigmentation.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:28:16 +0000 Anonymous 421 at /smithlab