Article
Maternal gametophytic baseless1 is required for development of the central cell and early endosperm patterning in maize (Zea mays).
Genetics - 1 Sept 2006
Gutiérrez-Marcos José F, Costa Liliana M, Evans Matthew M S
Abstract excerpt
In angiosperms, double fertilization of an egg cell and a central cell with two sperm cells results in the formation of a seed containing a diploid embryo and a triploid endosperm. The extent to which the embryo sac controls postfertilization events in the seed is unknown. The novel gametophytic maternal-effect maize mutation, baseless1 (bsl1) affects central cell development within the embryo sac, frequently by...
Topics
- Gametogenesis
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Plant Proteins
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Pollen
- Seeds
- Tissue Distribution