Plant BiologyNew PhytologistPeer-reviewed
Genomic imprinting in an early-diverging angiosperm reveals ancient mechanisms for seed initiation in flowering plants
Ana Marcela Florez‐Rueda, Mathias Scharmann, Leonardo Perez de Souza…·Duarte D. Figueiredo
This study shows that post-fertilization auxin production is a conserved mechanism for seed initiation in angiosperms, emerging from a shift in control from maternal to paternal after angiosperm divergence from gymnosperms.
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