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A Maternally Deposited Endosperm Cuticle Contributes to the Physiological Defects of transparent testa Seeds.
Plant physiology - 1 Jul 2018
Loubéry Sylvain, De Giorgi Julien, Utz-Pugin Anne, Demonsais Lara, Lopez-Molina Luis
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Mature dry seeds are highly resilient plant structures where the encapsulated embryo is kept protected and dormant to facilitate its ultimate dispersion. Seed viability is heavily dependent on the seed coat's capacity to shield living tissues from mechanical and oxidative stress. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the seed coat, also called the testa, arises after the differentiation of maternal ovular...
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