Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera

Success of seed development following sexual crosses is primarily dependent on proper endosperm function and development. The failure to produce triploids, or “triploid block” in 4x×2x crosses served as the impetus for numerous studies of embryo and endosperm to attempt to explain cross failure. Ear...

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Main Authors: Ehlenfeldt, M.K., Ortíz, R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1995
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101059
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Ortíz, R.
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description Success of seed development following sexual crosses is primarily dependent on proper endosperm function and development. The failure to produce triploids, or “triploid block” in 4x×2x crosses served as the impetus for numerous studies of embryo and endosperm to attempt to explain cross failure. Early explanations were based upon a concept of a 2∶3∶2 ploidy balance between maternal tissue, endosperm, and embryo. Subsequent studies done with maize demonstrated that normal endosperm development in intraspecific maize crosses is dependent solely on having a 2∶1 maternal to paternal genome dosage in the endosperm. These results have been modified and extended to solanaceous species in the form of an endosperm dosage system in which empirically determined factors must bear the same 2∶1 relationship for crosses to succeed. Crossing behavior of these species suggest that the system is polygenically controlled and regulates both interspecific and intraspecific crosses. Endosperm dosage systems explain many aspects of species evolution, but the system appears to have originated as an ancient means of ensuring diploid fidelity.
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spelling CGSpace1010592024-03-06T10:16:43Z Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera Ehlenfeldt, M.K. Ortíz, R. embryos (plant) maize genomes Success of seed development following sexual crosses is primarily dependent on proper endosperm function and development. The failure to produce triploids, or “triploid block” in 4x×2x crosses served as the impetus for numerous studies of embryo and endosperm to attempt to explain cross failure. Early explanations were based upon a concept of a 2∶3∶2 ploidy balance between maternal tissue, endosperm, and embryo. Subsequent studies done with maize demonstrated that normal endosperm development in intraspecific maize crosses is dependent solely on having a 2∶1 maternal to paternal genome dosage in the endosperm. These results have been modified and extended to solanaceous species in the form of an endosperm dosage system in which empirically determined factors must bear the same 2∶1 relationship for crosses to succeed. Crossing behavior of these species suggest that the system is polygenically controlled and regulates both interspecific and intraspecific crosses. Endosperm dosage systems explain many aspects of species evolution, but the system appears to have originated as an ancient means of ensuring diploid fidelity. 1995 2019-04-24T12:29:49Z 2019-04-24T12:29:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101059 en Limited Access Ehlenfeldt, M.K. & Ortiz, R. (1995). Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera. Sexual Plant Reproduction, 8, 189-196.
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maize
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Ehlenfeldt, M.K.
Ortíz, R.
Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera
title Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera
title_full Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera
title_fullStr Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera
title_full_unstemmed Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera
title_short Evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in Solanum and other angiosperm genera
title_sort evidence on the nature and origins of endosperm dosage requirements in solanum and other angiosperm genera
topic embryos (plant)
maize
genomes
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