Evidence for maternal control of seed size in maize from phenotypic and transcriptional analysis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1907-1917

  Zhang, Xia ^a   Hirsch, Candice N ^b   Sekhon, Rajandeep S ^c   De Leon, Natalia ^a   Kaeppler, Shawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosperm; gene expression; maize; maternal effect; seed development; seed size

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CROSS BREEDING; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; MAIZE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED;

CROSSES, GENETIC; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INBREEDING; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84962869312     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw006     Document Type: Article

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