A change in the cell wall status initiates the elimination of the nucellus in Arabidopsis
Miryam Iannaccone, Weijie Xu, Dennys-Marcela Gómez-Páez, Sandrine Choinard, Elisa Maricchiolo, Alexis Peaucelle, Aline Voxeur, Kalina T. Haas, Catherine Lapierre, José M. Jiménez‐Gómez, Andrea Pompa, Enrico Magnani
The paper shows that pectin degradation in the cell wall initiates nucellus elimination in Arabidopsis, regulated by TRANSPARENT TESTA 16, and suggests this cell wall change drove seed evolution.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · May 5, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology