The Maternally Expressed WRKY Transcription Factor TTG2 Controls Lethality in Interploidy Crosses of Arabidopsis.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Dilkes, Brian P.; Spielman, Melissa; Weizbauer, Renate; Watson, Brian; Burkart-Waco, Diana; Scott, Rod J.; Comai, Luca
- Source
- PLoS Biology. Dec2008, Vol. 6 Issue 12, pe308. 14p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 4 Graphs.
- Subject
- *PLANT hybridization
*ARABIDOPSIS thaliana
*PLANT development
*ENDOSPERM
*GAMETES
*GENOMICS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1544-9173
Hybrid lethality in crosses between diploids and tetraploids, plants with whole genome duplication, is determined by an epidermal regulator expressed in the maternal tissue that envelops the seed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]