A PARTHENOGENESIS allele from apomictic dandelion can induce egg cell division without fertilization in lettuce
Charles J. Underwood, Kitty Vijverberg, Diana Rigola, Shunsuke Okamoto, Carla Oplaat, Rik H. M. Op den Camp, Tatyana Radoeva, Stephen E. Schauer, Joke Fierens, Kim Jansen, Sandra Mansveld, Marco Busscher, Wei Xiong, Erwin Datema, Koen Nijbroek, Evert-Jan Blom, Ross Bicknell, Andrew Catanach, Sylvia Erasmuson, Christopher Winefield, Arjen J. van Tunen, Marcel Prins, M. Eric Schranz, Peter J. van Dijk
Topics & Concepts
BiologyApomixisParthenogenesisDandelionGeneticsTransposable elementEgg cellZygoteGeneAlleleEmbryoSexual reproductionMeiosisPloidyHuman fertilizationFertilisationParthenocarpyTaraxacum officinaleGenomic imprintingPolyploidEmbryogenesisGene familyCell divisionBotanyPlant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsGenetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal AbnormalitiesPlant Reproductive Biology