ReviewCurrent opinion in plant biology2017
Polyspermy barriers: a plant perspective.
Review in Current opinion in plant biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Expression patterns of Arabidopsis endo-β-1,4-glucanases and their putative roles in sexual reproduction.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- RHO OF PLANTS signalling and the activating ROP GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS: specificity in cellular signal transduction in plants.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Review
- From gametes to zygote: Mechanistic advances and emerging possibilities in plant reproduction.Plant physiology · 2024Review
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- EGG CELL 1 contributes to egg-cell-dependent preferential fertilization in Arabidopsis.Nature plants · 2024Article
- Mechanisms that ensure monogamous mating inMolecular biology of the cell · 2021Article
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- New advances and future directions in plant polyspermy.Molecular reproduction and development · 2020Review
- Shaping the genome of plants.eLife · 2020Article
- Polyspermy Block in the Central Cell During Double Fertilization ofFrontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- The molecular foundations of zygosis.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2020Review
- Triparental plants provide direct evidence for polyspermy induced polyploidy.Nature communications · 2017Article
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Abstract
A common denominator of sexual reproduction in many eukaryotic species is the exposure of an egg to excess sperm to maximize the chances of reproductive success. To avoid potential harmful or deleterious consequences of supernumerary sperm fusion to a single female gamete (polyspermy), many eukaryotes, including plants, have evolved barriers preventing polyspermy. Typically, these checkpoints are implemented at different stages in the reproduction process. The virtual absence of unambiguous reports of naturally occurring egg cell polyspermy in flowering plants is likely reflecting the success of this multiphasic strategy and highlights the difficulty to trace this presumably rare event. We here focus on potential polyspermy avoidance mechanisms in plants and discuss them in light of analogous processes in animals.
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