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Autonomous development and regeneration of isolated rice egg cells in vitro in a fertilization-independent manner.
Journal of experimental botany - 12 Jan 2026
Rattanawong Kasidit, Totsuka Kaori, Satoh Aya, Ono Satoka, Lefèvre Aleksandra, Koshimizu Shizuka, Yano Kentaro, Okamoto Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Cell cycle and division are suppressed in rice egg cells to avoid precocious development before fertilization. Although cell cycle arrest in egg cells is released by particular environmental stimuli, how quiescence of egg cells is converted to the proliferative state remains open. Upon cold treatment, egg cells isolated from japonica (Nipponbare; NB) and indica (Kasalath; KS) subspecies of rice (Oryza sativa)...
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