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A conserved apomixis-specific polymorphism is correlated with exclusive exonuclease expression in premeiotic ovules of apomictic boechera species.
Plant physiology - 1 Dec 2013
Corral José M, Vogel Heiko, Aliyu Olawale M, Hensel Götz, Thiel Thomas, Kumlehn Jochen, Sharbel Timothy F
Abstract excerpt
Apomixis (asexual seed production) is characterized by meiotically unreduced egg cell production (apomeiosis) followed by its parthenogenetic development into offspring that are genetic clones of the mother plant. Fertilization (i.e. pseudogamy) of the central cell is important for the production of a functional endosperm with a balanced 2:1 maternal:paternal genome ratio. Here, we present the APOLLO (for...
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