Triparental plants provide direct evidence for polyspermy induced polyploidy

The fertilization of an egg by more than one sperm is typically lethal. Here, via a novel reporter assay, Nakel et al. report the generation of triparental triploid Arabidopsis plants, implying that polyspermy is a plausible route toward polyploidy during plant evolution.

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Autores principales: Thomas Nakel, Dawit G. Tekleyohans, Yanbo Mao, Golo Fuchert, Dieu Vo, Rita Groß-Hardt
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/29c34c3ebc3241749b7e921796c8bad3
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Sumario:The fertilization of an egg by more than one sperm is typically lethal. Here, via a novel reporter assay, Nakel et al. report the generation of triparental triploid Arabidopsis plants, implying that polyspermy is a plausible route toward polyploidy during plant evolution.