In endoreplication cell cycles, known as endocycles, cells successively replicate their
genomes without segregating chromosomes during mitosis and thereby become polyploid …

Cell cycle regulation is of pivotal importance for plant growth and development. Although
plant cell division shares basic mechanisms with all eukaryotes, plants have evolved novel …

Drought stress affects cereals especially during the reproductive stage. The maize (Zea
mays) drought transcriptome was studied using RNA-Seq analysis to compare drought …

The grass seed or caryopsis originates from a monocarpellary ovary with a single ovule and
contains the main storage tissue, the endosperm. For most grass crop species (ie cereals) …

Endoreplication, also called endoreduplication, is a cell cycle variant of multicellular
eukaryotes in which mitosis is skipped and cells repeatedly replicate their DNA, resulting in …

Low temperature inhibits the growth of maize (Zea mays) seedlings and limits yield under
field conditions. To study the mechanism of cold-induced growth retardation, we exposed …

Seed development is a complex process that requires coordinated integration of many
genetic, metabolic, and physiological pathways and environmental cues. Different cell cycle …

Plant cells have evolved a complex circuitry to regulate cell division. In many aspects, the
plant cell cycle follows a basic strategy similar to other eukaryotes. However, several key …

The molecular networks regulating the G1–S transition in budding yeast and mammals are
strikingly similar in network structure. However, many of the individual proteins performing …

Recent breakthroughs in transcriptome analysis and gene characterization have provided
valuable resources and information about the maize endosperm developmental program …