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A statistical model for estimating maternal-zygotic interactions and parent-of-origin effects of QTLs for seed development.
PloS one - 4 Sept 2008
Li Yanchun, Coelho Cintia M, Liu Tian, Wu Song, Wu Jiasheng, Zeng Yanru, Li Youchun, Hunter Brenda, Dante Ricardo A, Larkins Brian A, Wu Rongling
Abstract excerpt
Proper development of a seed requires coordinated exchanges of signals among the three components that develop side by side in the seed. One of these is the maternal integument that encloses the other two zygotic components, i.e., the diploid embryo and its nurturing annex, the triploid endosperm. Although the formation of the embryo and endosperm contains the contributions of both maternal and paternal parents,...
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