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Auxin production in the endosperm drives seed coat development in Arabidopsis.
eLife - 16 Nov 2016
Figueiredo Duarte D, Batista Rita A, Roszak Pawel J, Hennig Lars, Köhler Claudia
Abstract excerpt
In flowering plants, seed development is initiated by the fusion of the maternal egg and central cells with two paternal sperm cells, leading to the formation of embryo and endosperm, respectively. The fertilization products are surrounded by the maternally derived seed coat, whose development prior to fertilization is blocked by epigenetic regulators belonging to the Polycomb Group (PcG) protein family. Here we...
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