ReviewBiology2026
Understanding the Specification Mechanism of the Megaspore Mother Cell in
Lian Yu, Simin Ma, Xinpeng Xi, Peiyang He, Hanyang Cai
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Lian YuFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry University, No. 15 Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Simin MaFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry University, No. 15 Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Xinpeng XiFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry University, No. 15 Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Peiyang HeFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry University, No. 15 Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, China.ORCID 0009-0007-5311-5476 Hanyang CaiFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry University, No. 15 Shangxiadian Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China 32370377National Natural Science Foundation of China 32570412
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
The megaspore mother cell (MMC) is the founding cell of the plant female germline, and its specification is a critical step in sexual reproduction of flowering plants. Recent advances in single-cell transcriptomics, live imaging, and gene editing have significantly advanced our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying MMC specification in
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cell specificationfate determinationfemale gametophytelateral inhibitionnon-cell-autonomous regulationsignal transduction
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PMID42737939
PMCPMC13565235
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