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Article: Genetic subtraction profiling identifies genes essential for Arabidopsis reproduction and reveals interaction between the female gametophyte and the maternal sporophyte.(Research)(Arabidopsis thaliana)
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- Genome Biology (Online Edition)
- Article date:
- October 3, 2007
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Authors: Amal J Johnston (equal contributor) [1,3]; Patrick Meier (equal contributor) [1]; Jacqueline Gheyselinck [1]; Samuel EJ Wuest [1]; Michael Federer [1]; Edith Schlagenhauf [1]; J
örg D Becker [2]; Ueli Grossniklaus (corresponding author) [1]
Background
The life cycle of plants alternates between diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (male and female gametophytes) generations. The multicellular gametophytes represent the haploid phase of the life cycle between meiosis and fertilization, during which the gametes are produced through mitotic divisions. Double fertilization is unique to flowering plants; the female gametes, namely the ...
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