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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1678
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
Key aspects of seed development in flowering plants are held to be under epigenetic control and to have evolved as a result of conflict between the interests of the male and female gametes (kinship theory). Attempts to identify the genes involved have focused on imprinted sequences, although imprinting is only one mechanism by which male or female parental alleles may be exclusively expressed immediately post-fertilization. We have studied the expression of a subset of endosperm gene classes immediately following interploidy crosses in maize and show that departure from the normal 2 : 1 ratio between female and male genomes exerts a dramatic effect on the timing of expression of some, but not all, genes investigated. Paternal genomic excess prolongs the expression of early genes and delays accumulation of reserves, while maternal genomic excess foreshortens the expression period of early genes and dramatically brings forward endosperm maturation. Our data point to a striking interdependence between the phases of endosperm development, and are consonant with previous work from maize showing progression from cell proliferation to endoreduplication is regulated by the balance between maternal and paternal genomes, and from Arabidopsis suggesting that this 'phasing' is regulated by maternally expressed imprinted genes. Our findings are discussed in context of the kinship theory.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1471-2954
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
277
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Balance between maternal and paternal alleles sets the timing of resource accumulation in the maize endosperm.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plant Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't