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When Genomes Collide: Aberrant Seed Development Following Maize Interploidy Crosses
Author(s) -
Paul Douglas. Pennington,
Liliana M. Costa,
José F. GutièrrezMarcos,
Andy Greenland,
H. G. Dickinson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcn017
Subject(s) - endosperm , biology , zea mays , gene , reporter gene , reciprocal cross , ploidy , botany , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , gene expression , hybrid , agronomy
The results of wide- or interploidy crosses in angiosperms are unpredictable and often lead to seed abortion. The consequences of reciprocal interploidy crosses have been explored in maize in detail, focusing on alterations to tissue domains in the maize endosperm, and changes in endosperm-specific gene expression.

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