Evolution of the metal hyperaccumulation and hypertolerance traits
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To succeed in life, living organisms have to adapt to the environmental issues to which they are subjected. Some plants, defined as hyperaccumulators, have adapted to metalliferous environments, acquiring the ability to tolerate and accommodate high amounts of toxic metal into their shoot, without showing symptoms of toxicity. The determinants for these traits and their mode of action have long been the subject of research, whose attention lately moved to the evolution of the hypertolerance and hyperaccumulation traits. Genetic evidence indicates that the evolution of both traits includes significant evolutionary events that result in species-wide tolerant and accumulating backgrounds. Different edaphic environments are responsible for subsequent refinement, by local adaptive processes, leading to specific strategies and various degrees of hypertolerance and hyperaccumulation, which characterize metallicolous from non-metallicolous ecotypes belonging to the same genetic unit. In this review, we overview the most updated concepts regarding the evolution of hyperaccumulation and hypertolerance, highlighting also the ecological context concerning the plant populations displaying this fascinating phenomenon.
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Metal and metalloid toxicity in plants: an overview on molecular aspects
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“It is reported that various populations of N. caerulescens vary in their hyperaccumulation of metal ions, such as; Zn, Ni, and Cd (Assunc ̧ ão et al., 2003; Manara et al., 2020; Sytar et al., 2020; Tariq et al., 2021).”
- Authors
- Manara, A., Fasani, E., Furini, A., & DalCorso, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Verona (IT)
- Corresponding author
- DalCorso, Giovanni
- Venue
- Plant, Cell & Environment
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-07-19
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2969-2986
- ISSN
- 0140-7791 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-3040
- OpenAlex
- W3033036270
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 166
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 0.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Plant Cell & Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Heavy Metals in Plants
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Keywords
- metal hyperaccumulation, metalliferous soils, ecotypes, local adaptation, metal tolerance genes
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Biological Evolution, Metals, Plants, Stress, Physiological, Plant Physiological Phenomena
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