The genetic control of apomixis: asexual seed formation

ML Hand, AMG Koltunow - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Apomixis (asexual seed formation) is the result of a plant gaining the ability to bypass the
most fundamental aspects of sexual reproduction: meiosis and fertilization. Without the need …

Engineering apomixis: clonal seeds approaching the fields

CJ Underwood, R Mercier - Annual review of plant biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Apomixis is a form of reproduction leading to clonal seeds and offspring that are genetically
identical to the maternal plant. While apomixis naturally occurs in hundreds of plant species …

A parthenogenesis gene of apomict origin elicits embryo formation from unfertilized eggs in a sexual plant

JA Conner, M Mookkan, H Huo… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Apomixis is a naturally occurring mode of asexual reproduction in flowering plants that
results in seed formation without the involvement of meiosis or fertilization of the egg. Seeds …

Production of viable gametes without meiosis in maize deficient for an ARGONAUTE protein

M Singh, S Goel, RB Meeley, C Dantec… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Apomixis is a form of asexual reproduction through seeds in angiosperms. Apomictic plants
bypass meiosis and fertilization, develo** offspring that are genetically identical to their …

Apomixis in plant reproduction: a novel perspective on an old dilemma

G Barcaccia, E Albertini - Plant reproduction, 2013 - Springer
Seed is one of the key factors of crop productivity. Therefore, a comprehension of the
mechanisms underlying seed formation in cultivated plants is crucial for the quantitative and …

Controlling apomixis: shared features and distinct characteristics of gene regulation

A Schmidt - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In higher plants, sexual and asexual reproduction through seeds (apomixis) have evolved
as alternative strategies. As apomixis leads to the formation of clonal offspring, its great …

Apomixis and strategies to induce apomixis to preserve hybrid vigor for multiple generations

S Fiaz, X Wang, A Younas, B Alharthi, A Riaz… - GM crops & food, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hybrid seeds of several important crops with supreme qualities including yield, biotic and
abiotic stress tolerance have been cultivated for decades. Thus far, a major challenge with …

Apomixis: oh, what a tangled web we have!

T Niccolò, AW Anderson, A Emidio - Planta, 2023 - Springer
Main conclusion Apomixis is a complex evolutionary trait with many possible origins. Here
we discuss various clues and causes, ultimately proposing a model harmonizing the three …

Did apomixis evolve from sex or was it the other way around?

E Albertini, G Barcaccia, JG Carman… - Journal of experimental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In angiosperms, there are two pathways of reproduction through seeds: sexual, or
amphimictic, and asexual, or apomictic. The essential feature of apomixis is that an embryo …

Apomictic and sexual germline development differ with respect to cell cycle, transcriptional, hormonal and epigenetic regulation

A Schmidt, MW Schmid, UC Klostermeier, W Qi… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Seeds of flowering plants can be formed sexually or asexually through apomixis. Apomixis
occurs in about 400 species and is of great interest for agriculture as it produces clonal …