Article
Maternal Gametophyte Effects on Seed Development in Maize.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2016
Chettoor Antony M, Phillips Allison R, Coker Clayton T, Dilkes Brian, Evans Matthew M S
Abstract excerpt
Flowering plants, like placental mammals, have an extensive maternal contribution toward progeny development. Plants are distinguished from animals by a genetically active haploid phase of growth and development between meiosis and fertilization, called the gametophyte. Flowering plants are further distinguished by the process of double fertilization that produces sister progeny, the endosperm and the embryo, of...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Fertilization
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Germ Cells, Plant
- Mutation
- Ovule
- Seeds
- Zea mays