Apomixis (asexual seed formation) is the result of a plant gaining the ability to bypass the
most fundamental aspects of sexual reproduction: meiosis and fertilization. Without the need …

Apomixis, the asexual reproduction via seed, has many potential applications for plant
breeding by maintaining desirable genotypes over generations. Since most major crops do …

Apomixis in angiosperms is asexual reproduction from seed. Its importance to
angiospermous evolution and biodiversity has been difficult to assess mainly because of …

Asexual organisms usually have larger and more northern distributions than their sexual
relatives. This phenomenon, called geographical parthenogenesis, has been controversially …

In higher plants, sexual and asexual reproduction through seeds (apomixis) have evolved
as alternative strategies. As apomixis leads to the formation of clonal offspring, its great …

We have compared the transcriptomic profiles of microdissected live ovules at four
developmental stages between a diploid sexual and diploid apomictic Boechera. We …

Self-fertilization and apomixis have often been seen as alternative evolutionary strategies of
flowering plants that are advantageous for colonization scenarios and in bottleneck …

Abstract Background and Aims Asexual organisms are more widespread in previously
glaciated areas than their sexual relatives ('geographical parthenogenesis'). In plants, this …

Apomixis, the reproduction via asexually formed seed, is taxonomically scattered in
angiosperms. Here we review the major developmental pathways to apomixis and the …

The Asteraceae is commonly listed, along with Poaceae and Rosaceae, as one of the
principal families within which asexual reproduction by seed, ie, apomixis, is prolific. A …