Functional embryo sac formation in Arabidopsis without meiosis - One step towards asexual seed formation (apomixis) in crops?

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-311

  Koltunow, Anna M G ^a   Tucker, Matthew R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Arabidopsis; DYAD SWI1; Embryo sac; Female gametophyte; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CROP; CYTOGENETICS; EMBRYO; GAMETOPHYTE; HERB; SEED PRODUCTION;

APOMIXIS; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FOOD SECURITY; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HETEROSIS; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT SEED; SHORT SURVEY; SWI1 GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 52649147453     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-008-0049-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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