Endosperm formation in aposporous Crataegus (Rosaceae, Spiraeoideae, tribe Pyreae): Parallels to Ranunculaceae and Poaceae

New Phytologist

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-249

  Talent, Nadia ^a   Dickinson, Timothy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Apospory; Crataegus (hawthorn); Endosperm balance requirement; Maloideae; Paspalum; Pyrinae; Ranunculus

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; DICOTYLEDON; DNA; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRASS; MATERNAL EFFECT; PATERNAL EFFECT; POLYPLOIDY; SEED;

ARTICLE; CRATAEGUS; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PLOIDY; POACEAE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANUNCULACEAE;

CRATAEGUS; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOWERS; PLOIDIES; POACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; SEEDS;

CRATAEGUS; MALOIDEAE; MESPILUS; PASPALUM; POACEAE; POLYGONUM; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; ROSACEAE; SORBUS;

EID: 33845681993     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01918.x     Document Type: Article

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