ReviewGenetics2014
The genetic control of apomixis: asexual seed formation.
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139 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 276 citations in OpenAlex.
- Epigenomics as Potential Tools for Enhancing Magnitude of Breeding Approaches for Developing Climate Resilient Chickpea.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Pooled it
- Evolution of Epigenetic Regulation in Plant Reproduction.Epigenomes · 2026Review
- Identification of different cDNA clones of the Apomixis-specific gene-1 homolog involved in aposporous embryo sac formation in guineagrass (Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Article
- Basis of apomixis in flowering plants - state of the art and research perspectives.Plant reproduction · 2026Review
- A Precise Reproductive Calendar of Sexual and Apomictic Genotypes ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Induction of Synthetic Apomixis in Two Sorghum Hybrids Enables Seed Yield and Genotype Preservation Over Multiple Generations.Plant biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Autonomous development and regeneration of isolated rice egg cells in vitro in a fertilization-independent manner.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Article
- Manual Isolation of Parthenogenetic Egg Cells Combined with Comparative Transcriptomics to Identify Parthenogenesis Genes in Tripsacum.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Genetic Mapping in Apomicts.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Engineering Synthetic Apomixis in Hybrid Rice.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Pilosella: A Dicotyledonous Model for Studying Aposporous, Autonomous Apomixis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Harnessing apomixis: natural mechanisms and synthetic innovations for advancing crop and forage breeding.Horticulture research · 2025Article
- Research Advances in Multiple Embryos and Apomixis in Rice (International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Morphological and molecular evidence supporting advantages of apomictic seed production in castor bean (Ricinus communis L.).BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Diploid aposporous sunflower forms triploid BIII progeny displaying increased apospory levels and non-random genetic mutations.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis clarify the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of sexual and apomictic Persian walnut (Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- An epiQTL underlying asexual seed formation in Arabidopsis.Plant reproduction · 2024Article
- Auxin response factor 10 insensitive to miR160regulation induces apospory-like phenotypes iniScience · 2024Article
- Recent Progress on Plant Apomixis for Genetic Improvement.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
Apomixis (asexual seed formation) is the result of a plant gaining the ability to bypass the most fundamental aspects of sexual reproduction: meiosis and fertilization. Without the need for male fertilization, the resulting seed germinates a plant that develops as a maternal clone. This dramatic shift in reproductive process has been documented in many flowering plant species, although no major seed crops have been shown to be capable of apomixis. The ability to generate maternal clones and therefore rapidly fix desirable genotypes in crop species could accelerate agricultural breeding strategies. The potential of apomixis as a next-generation breeding technology has contributed to increasing interest in the mechanisms controlling apomixis. In this review, we discuss the progress made toward understanding the genetic and molecular control of apomixis. Research is currently focused on two fronts. One aims to identify and characterize genes causing apomixis in apomictic species that have been developed as model species. The other aims to engineer or switch the sexual seed formation pathway in non-apomictic species, to one that mimics apomixis. Here we describe the major apomictic mechanisms and update knowledge concerning the loci that control them, in addition to presenting candidate genes that may be used as tools for switching the sexual pathway to an apomictic mode of reproduction in crops.
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