Plant Biology: Gynoecium Development with Style

Stefan de Folter

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.040

Plant Biology: Gynoecium Development with Style

Curr Biol. 2020 Dec 7;30(23):R1420-R1422. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.040.

Author

Stefan de Folter¹

Affiliation

¹ Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (UGA-LANGEBIO), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, C.P. 36824 Irapuato, México. Electronic address: stefan.defolter@cinvestav.mx.

PMID: 33290708
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.040

Abstract

The gynoecium is the female reproductive part of the flower and is essential for plant sexual reproduction. A new study shows a novel angiosperm-specific gene family that fine tunes the architecture of the stigma and style in Arabidopsis.

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MeSH terms

Arabidopsis Proteins* / genetics
Arabidopsis* / genetics
Biology
Female
Flowers
Pollen

Substances

Arabidopsis Proteins