Plant embryogenesis articles within Nature Communications

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    Previously, a proof-of-concept for low frequency synthetic apomixis was established in a laboratory strain of rice by combining MiMe mutations with the egg cell expression of the embryogenic trigger - BBM1. Here, the authors achieve clonal seed formation in hybrid rice with almost full penetrance and higher fertility.

    • Aurore Vernet
    • , Donaldo Meynard
    •  & Emmanuel Guiderdoni

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    Plant somatic embryogenesis (SE) can be triggered by hormone application or overexpression of certain transcription factors such as BBM. Here Karami et al. show that AHL15 is required for induction of downstream BBM targets and promotes heterochromatin decondensation and endomitosis during the induction of SE.

    • Omid Karami
    • , Arezoo Rahimi
    •  & Remko Offringa

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    | Open Access

    Asymmetric division of the Arabidopsis zygote produces apical and basal cells that mainly develop into embryo and suspensor, respectively. Here, Zhou et al. show that de novo transcription and selective RNA turnover establish distinct apical and basal transcriptomes as early as the 1-cell stage of embryo development.

    • Xuemei Zhou
    • , Zhenzhen Liu
    •  & Meng-Xiang Sun

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    Plant embryos are connected to maternal tissue by a filamentous suspensor, analogous to an umbilical cord, but which is severed during early embryo development. Here, Shi et al. show that gibberellins can trigger suspensor cell death in tobacco via a DELLA protein that regulates expression of cell death factors.

    • Ce Shi
    • , Pan Luo
    •  & Meng-Xiang Sun

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