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In Vivo Maternal Haploid Induction by Disrupting KOKOPELLI in Medicago truncatula Click on the article title to read more.

In Vivo Maternal Haploid Induction by Disrupting
KOKOPELLI in Medicago truncatula
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CCCH-type zinc finger proteins are required for meiotic progression and RNA clearance in Arabidopsis Meiotic progression is safeguarded by the CCCH-type zinc finger proteins C3H14 and C3H15, which degrade mRNAs to prevent DNA:RNA hybrid formation and genom

CCCH-type zinc finger proteins are required for meiotic progression and RNA clearance in Arabidopsis url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

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The contributions of two fertilization events to the fertilization recovery efficiency in Arabidopsis - Science China Life Sciences In angiosperms, fertilization recovery refers to the phenomenon wherein an ovule, upon failure of both sperm cells released by the initial pollen tube to achieve fertilization, continues to attract su...

The contributions of two fertilization events to the fertilization recovery efficiency in Arabidopsis
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FeM-ID: A biotin labeling-based approach for the dissection of female meiotic chromosome behavior in Arabidopsis thaliana Female meiotic cell identification (FeM-ID) enables visualization and cytological analysis of chromosome behavior during female meiosis in Arabidopsis.

FeM-ID: A biotin labeling-based approach for the dissection of female meiotic chromosome behavior in Arabidopsis thaliana url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

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A staging framework to study rice female gametophyte development - Plant Reproduction Female gametophyte (FG) development is essential for plant reproduction since it is necessary for pollen tube guidance, fertilization, and maternal control of seed development. FG development entails ...

A staging framework to study rice female gametophyte development | Plant Reproduction | Springer Nature Link share.google/9kBC5Bzv4YTv...

Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development - Plant Reproduction In plant cells, lipids serve various roles facilitating membrane bilayer formation, energy storage and signaling molecules. Acyl lipids are the most common in distinct plant cell compartments. Lipids ...

Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development | Plant Reproduction | Springer Nature Link share.google/tKI1h6UnUiaQ...

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KymoTip: high‐throughput characterization of tip‐growth dynamics in plant cells Fluctuations in live imaging data hamper analyses of tip-growth dynamics. We developed KymoTip, a user-friendly tool that uses coordinate normalization and centerline-based tip detection to enable hi...

KymoTip: high‐throughput characterization of tip‐growth dynamics in plant cells - Kang - 2026 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Arabidopsis IDD14, IDD15, and IDD16 interact with DELLA proteins to negatively regulate flowering
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Pulsed evolution shaped extant angiosperm pollen disparity
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Pre-meiotic H1.1 degradation is essential for Arabidopsis gametogenesis - The EMBO Journal Despite being evolutionary distant, plants and animals exhibit a shared phenomenon during the transition from somatic-to-reproductive cell fate marked by extensive structural and compositional changes...

Pre-meiotic H1.1 degradation is essential for Arabidopsis gametogenesis | The EMBO Journal share.google/XbbrdRP9nZce...

Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development - Plant Reproduction In plant cells, lipids serve various roles facilitating membrane bilayer formation, energy storage and signaling molecules. Acyl lipids are the most common in distinct plant cell compartments. Lipids ...

Bridging the gaps: advanced techniques to unlock lipid function in plant reproductive development | Plant Reproduction share.google/9bO0rTq7rDW3...

Pollen sterility in wheat is induced by blocking a light signal to the growing juvenile spike Light intensity plays a critical role in determining spike fertility of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by influencing floret development. However, wheth…

Pollen sterility in wheat is induced by blocking a light signal to the growing juvenile spike
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SPOROCYTELESS/NOZZLE cooperates with MADS-domain transcription factors to regulate an auxin-dependent network controlling Megaspore-Mother-Cell differentiation | Nature Communications share.google/a2qGGSA0RjOG...

TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis This work reveals TEK and other AHL members interact with TCP14/15 to regulate nexine formation in Arabidopsis.

TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis - Xiong - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Three-dimensional visualization of tip-vesicles in growing pollen tubes by electron tomography - Science China Life Sciences The life cycle of flowering plants starts when a zygote is formed following a double fertilization event. To achieve fertilization, sperm cells are delivered to the female gametes within the embryo sa...

Three-dimensional visualization of tip-vesicles in growing pollen tubes by electron tomography
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How microspores are reprogrammed into embryos

How microspores are reprogrammed into embryos
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Pan-family pollen signals control an interspecific stigma barrier across Brassicaceae species Pre-zygotic interspecific incompatibility prevents hybridization between species limiting interbreeding strategies for crop improvement using wild relatives. The Brassica rapa female self-incompatibil...

Pan-family pollen signals control an interspecific stigma barrier across Brassicaceae species | Science www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis This work reveals TEK and other AHL members interact with TCP14/15 to regulate nexine formation in Arabidopsis.

TEK and other AHL proteins interact with TCP14/15 to regulate pollen wall formation in Arabidopsis - Xiong - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...

CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Arabidopsis RabGDIs are essential for the asymmetric division of zygotes and embryonic development In angiosperms, the asymmetric division of the zygote establishes the plant's primary body axis. While vesicular trafficking is known to be critical for this process, its key regulators are not full.....

Arabidopsis RabGDIs are essential for the asymmetric division of zygotes and embryonic development nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Rab5 GTPases mediate the targeting of ROP signalling to establish polarity for pollen germination - Nature Plants Rab5 GTPases deliver RopGEF8 from endosomes to the pollen plasma membrane, establishing polarity for germination. This crosstalk between trafficking and signalling GTPases is crucial for the reproduct...

Rab5 GTPases mediate the targeting of ROP signalling to establish polarity for pollen germination
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Degradation of detrimental microRNAs safeguards the fertilized egg cells to establish an ECS-dependent polytubey block in Arabidopsis Shen et al. demonstrate that the miRNA degradation-related proteins SDN1–3 degrade miRNAs targeting ECS in egg cells, thereby ensuring the normal expression of ECS1/2. This enables the fertilized egg ...

Degradation of detrimental microRNAs safeguards the fertilized egg cells to establish an ECS-dependent polytubey block in Arabidopsis
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DNA TOP1α coordinates anther morphogenesis and fertility through gene regulatory networks in arabidopsis - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - DNA TOP1α coordinates anther morphogenesis and fertility through gene regulatory networks in arabidopsis

DNA TOP1α coordinates anther morphogenesis and fertility through gene regulatory networks in arabidopsis
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An Automated Lab‐On‐A‐Chip Approach for Pollen Tube Growth Manipulation in a Controlled Chemical Environment Here, a microfluidic-based robotic lab-on-a-chip (LoC) device is presented for automated, continuous-flow investigation and manipulation of single pollen tube growth under precisely controlled chemic....

An Automated Lab‐On‐A‐Chip Approach for Pollen Tube Growth Manipulation in a Controlled Chemical Environment - Zhu - Advanced Science - Wiley Online Library advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Functional genetics of rice PISTILLATA genes reveals new roles and target genes in flowering time, female fertility, and parthenocarpy Rice lodicules are small fleshy floral petal homologs that enable floret opening and closing, for anthesis and seed maturation. We provide insights on OsMADS2 and OsMADS4, expanding their second and ....

Functional genetics of rice PISTILLATA genes reveals new roles and target genes in flowering time, female fertility, and parthenocarpy - Zamzam - 2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Plant’s developmental decision to either abort a flower or set seed A significant proportion of flowers in crop plants fail to produce seeds, particularly under heat and drought stress. This outcome reflects a regulated developmental process of reproductive abortion, ...

Plant’s developmental decision to either abort a flower or set seed
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