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Development: Turning on endosperm in seeds

Nature Plants volume 1, Article number: 15189 (2015) Cite this article

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Causal signals for seed initiation have been sought ever since double fertilization was discovered in 1898. New research reveals that auxin is an early driver of endosperm proliferation in Arabidopsis central cells, with or without fertilization.

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Figure 1: A genetic model describing the regulation of endosperm development in the Arabidopsis central cell.

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  1. Anna Koltunow and David S. Rabiger are at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's Agriculture Unit, Private Bag 2, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia.,

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Koltunow, A., Rabiger, D. Development: Turning on endosperm in seeds. Nature Plants 1, 15189 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.189

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