Reproduction: Plant Parentage à Trois
- PMID: 29316418
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.041
Reproduction: Plant Parentage à Trois
Abstract
Blocks to polyspermy are thought to be universally adaptive because they prevent lethal genome imbalance and chromosome segregation defects. However, two recent reports show that plants with two male parents are viable and could contribute significantly to polyploid speciation.
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Triparental plants provide direct evidence for polyspermy induced polyploidy.Nat Commun. 2017 Oct 18;8(1):1033. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01044-y. Nat Commun. 2017. PMID: 29044107 Free PMC article.
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Polyspermy produces tri-parental seeds in maize.Curr Biol. 2017 Dec 18;27(24):R1300-R1302. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.059. Curr Biol. 2017. PMID: 29257958
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