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 …

In angiosperms, there are two pathways of reproduction through seeds: sexual, or
amphimictic, and asexual, or apomictic. The essential feature of apomixis is that an embryo …

Main conclusion Apomixis is a complex evolutionary trait with many possible origins. Here
we discuss various clues and causes, ultimately proposing a model harmonizing the three …

Apomixis, or asexual reproduction through seeds, is frequent in nature but does not exist in
any major crop species, yet the phenomenon has captivated researchers for decades given …

In the past decades, the grasses of the Paspalum genus have emerged as a versatile model
allowing evolutionary, genetic, molecular, and developmental studies on apomixis as well …

Projections indicate that current plant breeding approaches will be unable to incorporate the
global crop yields needed to deliver global food security. Apomixis is a disruptive innovation …

Apomixis sensu stricto (agamospermy) is asexual reproduction by seed. In angiosperms it
represents an easy byway of life cycle renewal through gamete-like cells that give rise to …

Apomixis, the asexual formation of seeds, is a potentially valuable agricultural trait. Inducing
apomixis in sexual crop plants would, for example, allow breeders to fix heterosis in hybrid …

Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees (weeping lovegrass) is an apomictic species native to
Southern Africa that is used as forage grass in semiarid regions of Argentina. Apomixis is a …

Pseudogamous apomixis in Paspalum simplex generates seeds with embryos genetically
identical to the mother plant and endosperms deviating from the canonical 2 (maternal): 1 …