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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2025

Apomixis at high resolution: unravelling diplospory in Asteraceae.

Letizia Cornaro, Camilla Banfi, Alex Cavalleri, Peter J van Dijk, Tatyana Radoeva, Mara Cucinotta, Lucia Colombo

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Letizia CornaroDepartment of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8488-6731
Camilla BanfiDepartment of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-7927-6455
Alex CavalleriDepartment of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4929-222X
Peter J van DijkKeygene N.V., Agro Business Park 90, 6708 PW Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8592-6782
Tatyana RadoevaKeygene N.V., Agro Business Park 90, 6708 PW Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7742-7817
Mara CucinottaDepartment of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5410-9912
Lucia ColomboDepartment of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8415-1399

Funding

European Union's Horizon 101007438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apomictic plants are able to produce clonal seeds. This reproductive system allows the one-step fixation of any valuable trait for subsequent generations and would pave the way for a revolution in the agricultural system. Despite this, the introduction of apomixis in sexually reproducing crops has been hampered due to the difficulty in characterizing its genetic regulation. In this study, we described the high-resolution characterization of apomeiosis in the apomictic model species Erigeron annuus, Chondrilla juncea, and Taraxacum officinale. We showed that apomeiosis differs from meiosis in a few critical steps, including homologous chromosome synapsis and segregation during meiosis I. We then compared megasporogenesis in three T. officinale genetic backgrounds, showing that diplospory is superimposed on the sexual pathway without severely altering the expression of crucial meiotic genes. Our findings will contribute to the identification of pivotal players controlling this intriguing asexual reproductive strategy.

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ApomixisAsteraceaeErigeronTaraxacumMeiosisApomixisclonal progenydiplosporymegasporogenesismeiosisnuclear restitutionovuleplant reproduction

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PMID39673465
PMCPMC11981899

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