During the first meiotic division, the segregation of homologous chromosomes depends on
the physical association of the recombined homologous DNA molecules. The physical …

Plants are the source of our understanding of several fundamental biological principles. It is
well known that Gregor Mendel discovered the laws of Genetics in peas and that maize was …

Germline determination is essential for species survival and evolution in multicellular
organisms. In most flowering plants, formation of the female germline is initiated with …

In most flowering plants, the female germline is initiated in the subepidermal L2 layer of
ovule primordia forming a single megaspore mother cell (MMC). How signaling from the L1 …

Unlike in humans and animals, plant germlines are specified de novo from somatic cells in
the reproductive organs of the flower. In most flowering plant ovules, the female germline …

Germ-line specification is essential for sexual reproduction. In the ovules of most flowering
plants, only a single hypodermal cell enlarges and differentiates into a megaspore mother …

Female germline cells in flowering plants differentiate from somatic cells to produce
specialized reproductive organs, called ovules, embedded deep inside the flowers. We …

In most sexually reproducing plants, a single somatic, sub-epidermal cell in an ovule is
selected to differentiate into a megaspore mother cell, which is committed to giving rise to …

In the ovules of most sexually reproducing plants, one hypodermal cell differentiates into a
megaspore mother cell (MMC), which gives rise to the female germline. Trans-acting small …

In Arabidopsis thaliana, female gametophyte (FG) development is accompanied by the
formation and expansion of the large vacuole in the FG; this is essential for FG expansion …