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double fertilization forming a zygote and endosperm

Known as: double fertilization 
Fertilization where one of the two sperm nuclei from the pollen tube fuses with the egg nucleus to form a 2n zygote, and the other fuses with the two… (More)

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Egg cell-secreted EC1 triggers sperm cell activation during double fertilization.
Double fertilization is the defining characteristic of flowering plants. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating the fusion… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Maternal control of male-gamete delivery in Arabidopsis involves a putative GPI-anchored protein encoded by the LORELEI gene.
In Angiosperms, the male gametes are delivered to the female gametes through the maternal reproductive tissue by the pollen tube… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Control of plant germline proliferation by SCF(FBL17) degradation of cell cycle inhibitors.
Flowering plants possess a unique reproductive strategy, involving double fertilization by twin sperm cells. Unlike animal germ… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A positive signal from the fertilization of the egg cell sets off endosperm proliferation in angiosperm embryogenesis
Double fertilization of the egg cell and the central cell by one sperm cell each produces the diploid embryo and the typically… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
GENERATIVE CELL SPECIFIC 1 is essential for angiosperm fertilization
The double fertilization process in angiosperms is based on the delivery of a pair of sperm cells by the pollen tube (the male… (More)
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2006
2006
The female gametophyte and the endosperm control cell proliferation and differentiation of the seed coat in Arabidopsis.
Double fertilization of the female gametophyte produces the endosperm and the embryo enclosed in the maternal seed coat. Proper… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Micropylar pollen tube guidance by egg apparatus 1 of maize.
Pollen tube guidance precedes the double fertilization of flowering plants. Here, we report the identification of a small maize… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Arabidopsis haiku mutants reveal new controls of seed size by endosperm.
In flowering plants, maternal seed integument encloses the embryo and the endosperm, which are both derived from double… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Seed plant phylogeny inferred from all three plant genomes: monophyly of extant gymnosperms and origin of Gnetales from conifers.
Phylogenetic relationships among the five groups of extant seed plants are presently quite unclear. For example, morphological… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Fertilization-independent seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
We report mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana (fertilization-independent seed:fis) in which certain processes of seed development are… (More)
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