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The R2R3 MYB transcription factors FOUR LIPS and MYB88 regulate female reproductive development.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Sept 2012
Makkena Srilakshmi, Lee Eunkyoung, Sack Fred D, Lamb Rebecca S
Abstract excerpt
Gamete formation is an important step in the life cycle of sexually reproducing organisms. In flowering plants, haploid spores are formed after the meiotic division of spore mother cells. These spores develop into male and female gametophytes containing gametes after undergoing mitotic divisions. In the female, the megaspore mother cell undergoes meiosis forming four megaspores, of which one is functional and...
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