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Somatic small RNA pathways promote the mitotic events of megagametogenesis during female reproductive development in Arabidopsis.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Apr 2012
Tucker Matthew R, Okada Takashi, Hu Yingkao, Scholefield Andrew, Taylor Jennifer M, Koltunow Anna M G
Abstract excerpt
Female gamete development in Arabidopsis ovules comprises two phases. During megasporogenesis, a somatic ovule cell differentiates into a megaspore mother cell and undergoes meiosis to produce four haploid megaspores, three of which degrade. The surviving functional megaspore participates in megagametogenesis, undergoing syncytial mitosis and cellular differentiation to produce a multicellular female gametophyte...
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