In higher plants, sexual and asexual reproduction through seeds (apomixis) have evolved
as alternative strategies. As apomixis leads to the formation of clonal offspring, its great …

Abstract Model systems in biology expand the research capacity of individuals and the
community. Closely related to Arabidopsis, the genus Boechera has emerged as an …

Unisexual animals are commonly found in some polyploid species complexes, and most of
these species have had a long evolutionary history. However, their method for avoiding …

The Mediterranean realm, comprising the Mediterranean and Macaronesian regions, has
long been recognized as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, owing to its remarkable …

Polyploidy is a heritable trait of obtaining more than two sets of chromosomes in the nuclei
(Comai, 2005). A polyploid arises either from intraspecific genome duplication …

Apomixis is considered a potentially revolutionary tool to generate high-quality food at a
lower cost and shorter developmental time due to clonal seed production through …

In angiosperms, meiotic failure coupled with the formation of genetically unreduced
gametophytes in ovules (apomeiosis) constitute major components of gametophytic …

Apomixis, the asexual formation of seeds, is a potentially valuable agricultural trait. Inducing
apomixis in sexual crop plants would, for example, allow breeders to fix heterosis in hybrid …

The unusual occurrence and developmental diversity of asexual eukaryotes remain a
puzzle. De novo formation of a functioning asexual genome requires a unique assembly of …

Apomixis, the asexual reproduction via seeds, is associated to polyploidy and hybridization.
To identify possible signatures of apomixis, and possible candidate genes underlying the …