Sexual polyploidization in plants – cytological mechanisms and molecular regulation

In the plant kingdom, events of whole genome duplication or polyploidization are generally believed to occur via alterations of the sexual reproduction process. Thereby, diploid pollen and eggs are formed that contain the somatic number of chromosomes rather than the gametophytic number. By particip...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De Storme, Nico, Geelen, Danny
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744767/