Defining how organ size is regulated, a process controlled not only by the number of cells
but also by the size of the cells, is a frontier in developmental biology. Large cells are …

Endoreduplication is the major source of somatic endopolyploidy in higher plants, and leads
to variation in cell ploidy levels due to iterative rounds of DNA synthesis in the absence of …

Polyploidy is a key mechanism of genome evolution and speciation, particularly in plants.
Many aspects of polyploidy have been elucidated with the tools that have become available …

Single cell RNA sequencing can yield high-resolution cell-type–specific expression
signatures that reveal new cell types and the developmental trajectories of cell lineages …

Ploidy and size phenomena are observed to be correlated across several biological scales,
from subcellular to organismal. Two kinds of ploidy change can affect plants. Whole-genome …

Abstract Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill.) represents a model species for all fleshy fruits
due to its biological cycle and the availability of numerous genetic and molecular resources …

The reiterative organogenesis that drives plant growth relies on the constant production of
new cells, which remain encased by interconnected cell walls. For these reasons, plant …

Endoreduplication, the replication of the genome without mitosis, leads to an increase in the
cellular ploidy of an organism over its lifetime, a condition termed 'endopolyploidy' …

Seed development is a complex process that requires coordinated integration of many
genetic, metabolic, and physiological pathways and environmental cues. Different cell cycle …

The understanding of plant organ-size determination represents an important challenge,
especially because of the significant role of plants as food and renewable energy sources …