A cellular study of teosinte Zea mays subsp. parviglumis (Poaceae) caryopsis development showing several processes conserved in maize

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1798-1807

  Dermastia, Marina ^a,b   Kladnik, Aleš ^b   Koce, Jasna Dolenc ^b   Chourey, Prem S ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall invertase; Endoreduplication; Genome size; Maize; Poaceae; Programmed cell death; Teosinte; Zea mays subsp. parviglumis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; GRASS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAIZE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PREDATOR;

CARYOPSIS; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS; ZEA MAYS SUBSP. PARVIGLUMIS;

EID: 70349900508     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900059     Document Type: Article

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