Figueiredo, Duarte
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Review article2016Peer reviewed
Bridging the generation gap: communication between maternal sporophyte, female gametophyte and fertilization products
Figueiredo, Duarte; Köhler, Claudia
Abstract
In seed plants, as in placental animals, gamete formation and zygotic development take place within the parental tissues. To ensure timely onset and to coordinate the development of the new generation, communication between the parent plant with the filial tissues and its precursors is of utmost importance. During female gametogenesis the maternal tissues tightly regulate megagametophyte formation and the interplay between the sporophyte and the fertilization products, embryo and endosperm, has major implications in the formation of a viable seed. We review the current knowledge on these interactions and highlight the many questions that still remain unanswered, in particular the nature of the pathways involved in these signaling events.
Published in
Current Opinion in Plant Biology
2016, volume: 29, pages: 16-20
SLU Authors
Köhler, Claudia
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Developmental Biology
Botany
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2015.10.008
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/81000