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Cytokinin-dependent specification of the functional megaspore in the Arabidopsis female gametophyte.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2013
Cheng Chia-Yi, Mathews Dennis E, Schaller G Eric, Kieber Joseph J
Abstract excerpt
The life cycle of higher plants alternates between the diploid sporophytic and the haploid gametophytic phases. In angiosperms, male and female gametophytes develop within the sporophyte. During female gametophyte (FG) development, a single archesporial cell enlarges and differentiates into a megaspore mother cell, which then undergoes meiosis to give rise to four megaspores. In most species of higher plants,...
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