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Crop biotechnology: prospects and opportunities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
SUMMARYThis paper is a brief review summarizing some of the important areas of activity in crop biotechnology likely to be exploited over the medium term (10–20 years), with an emphasis on agronomic traits.
Dunwell, J. M.
core   +1 more source

Transient Activation of Apomixis in Sexual Neotriploids May Retain Genomically Altered States and Enhance Polyploid Establishment

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2018
Polyploid genomes evolve and follow a series of dynamic transfigurations along with adaptation and speciation. The initial formation of a new polyploid individual within a diploid population usually involves a triploid bridge, a two-step mechanism of ...
Diego Hojsgaard
doaj   +1 more source

De novo sequencing of the Hypericum perforatum L. flower transcriptome to identify potential genes that are related to plant reproduction sensu lato [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) is a medicinal plant that produces important metabolites with antidepressant and anticancer activities.
Barcaccia, Gianni   +3 more
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The LOSS OF APOMEIOSIS (LOA) locus in Hieracium praealtum can function independently of the associated large‐scale repetitive chromosomal structure [PDF]

open access: yesNew Phytologist, 2013
Summary Apomixis or asexual seed formation in Hieracium praealtum (Asteraceae) is controlled by two independent dominant loci. One of these, the LOSS OF APOMEIOSIS (LOA) locus, controls apomixis initiation, mitotic embryo sac formation (apospory) and suppression of the sexual pathway.
Kotani, Y.   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Functional characterization of the diatom cyclin-dependent kinase A2 as a mitotic regulator reveals plant-like properties in a non-green lineage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are crucial regulators of cell cycle progression in eukaryotes. The diatom CDKA2 was originally assigned to the classical A-type CDKs, but its cell cycle phase-specific transcription at the G2-to-M phase ...
Bowler, Chris   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Analysis of variation for apomictic reproduction in diploid Paspalum rufum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background and Aims: The diploid cytotype of Paspalum rufum (Poaceae) reproduces sexually and is self-sterile; however, recurrent autopolyploidization through 2n + n fertilization and the ability for reproduction via apomixis have been documented in one ...
Delgado Benarroch, Luciana   +5 more
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A new monotypic family for the enigmatic crustose red alga Plagiospora gracilis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Plagiospora gracilis, a mucilaginous crustose red alga growing on subtidal pebbles on both coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean, forms distinctive tetrasporangia (red algal meiotic structures that release haploid tetraspores) but gametophytes have never ...
Batters   +50 more
core   +1 more source

Determination of the Developmental Origin of Seeds Containing Endosperm Using Flow Cytometric Analysis

open access: yesBio-Protocol, 2015
Seeds derived from a diploid, sexual plant typically contain a 2n embryo (n+n) and 3n endosperm, a ratio characteristic for most flowering plants. However, this ratio is altered in apomictic species, which reproduce asexually through seeds (Koltunow and ...
Christian Sailer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering meiotic recombination pathways in rice

open access: yesPlant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 17, Issue 11, Page 2062-2077, November 2019., 2019
Summary In the last 15 years, outstanding progress has been made in understanding the function of meiotic genes in the model dicot and monocot plants Arabidopsis and rice (Oryza sativa L.), respectively. This knowledge allowed to modulate meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis and, more recently, in rice. For instance, the overall frequency of crossovers
Ian Fayos   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric reproductive interference: The consequences of cross‐pollination on reproductive success in sexual–apomictic populations of Potentilla puberula (Rosaceae)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 365-381, January 2018., 2018
We tested for reproductive compatibility of naturally co‐occurring tetraploid sexuals and penta‐ to octoploid apomicts in the rosaceous species Potentilla puberula performing controlled crosses. We estimated the role of selfing as crossing barrier and effects of cross‐ and self‐pollen quality as well as maternal:paternal genomic ratios in the endosperm
Christoph Dobeš   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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