Kin conflict in seed development: An interdependent but fractious collective

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-211

  Haig, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; genome defense; genomic imprinting; parental conflict; Polycomb group proteins; siRNA; small interfering RNA; transposable elements

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

DIPLOIDY; ENDOSPERM; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; HAPLOIDY; INTEGUMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TRIPLOIDY; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EID: 84885824767     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101512-122324     Document Type: Review

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