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

• Figueiredo, Duarte

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Köhler, Claudia

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Developmental Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular 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