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Delayed activation of the paternal genome during seed development.
Nature - 2 Mar 2000
Vielle-Calzada J P, Baskar R, Grossniklaus U
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the timing of the maternal-to-zygotic transition during seed development in flowering plants. Because plant embryos can develop from somatic cells or microspores, maternal contributions are not considered to be crucial in early embryogensis. Early-acting embryo-lethal mutants in Arabidopsis, including emb30/gnom which affects the first zygotic division, have fuelled the perception that both...
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