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Cornejo,P.; Camadro,E.L.; Masuelli,R.W.. |
The Endosperm Balance Number (EBN) is an important concept for potato breeding and has evolutionary importance in tuber-bearing Solanum species. The EBN is part of the post-zygotic hybridization barriers in the group and represents a reproductive isolating mechanism. Few genes have been proposed to be involved in its genetic control; until now, however, neither specific genes nor its molecular basis have been well established. Histological observations of embryo and endosperm development in inter-EBN crosses in tuber-bearing Solanum revealed phenotypes similar to those recently described in Arabidopsis seed mutants. The common feature between them is that the endosperm nuclei become greatly enlarged and that embryos are arrested at the globular stage. The... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: EBN; Solanum; Endosperm; Arabidopsis; Seed mutants. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-95452006000300001 |