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Melanie L. Hand

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationORCID 0000-0002-5394-0253Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1

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Anna M. KoltunowiD· 1 shared Brett J. FergusoniD· 1 shared Gloria León-Martínez· 1 shared Huanan SuiD· 1 shared Itzel Amasende-Morales· 1 shared Jean-Philippe Vielle Calzada· 1 shared Joann A. ConneriD· 1 shared Juana de la Cruz· 1 shared

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintFeb 10, 2026

BABYBOOM-like expression in the cowpea egg and central cellenables parthenogenesis, endosperm development, and viable haploid seed formation

Itzel Amasende-Morales, Osvaldo Ruíz-Maciel, Gloria León-Martínez…·Jean-Philippe Vielle Calzada

The paper shows that expressing VuBBML1 in both egg and central cells of cowpea, along with central cell fertilization, enables parthenogenesis and viable haploid seed formation.

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