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SUBMITTER: Erilova A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2738949 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Erilova Aleksandra A Brownfield Lynette L Exner Vivien V Rosa Marisa M Twell David D Mittelsten Scheid Ortrun O Hennig Lars L Köhler Claudia C
PLoS genetics 20090925 9
Balanced maternal and paternal genome contributions are a requirement for successful seed development. Unbalanced contributions often cause seed abortion, a phenomenon that has been termed "triploid block." Misregulation of imprinted regulatory genes has been proposed to be the underlying cause for abnormalities in growth and structure of the endosperm in seeds with deviating parental contributions. We identified a mutant forming unreduced pollen that enabled us to investigate direct effects of ...[more]