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Sexual reproduction development in apomictic Eulaliopsis binata (Poaceae)

L. Liu, Li, J. J., Ouyang, Y. D., and Yao, J. L., Sexual reproduction development in apomictic Eulaliopsis binata (Poaceae), vol. 10, pp. 2326-2339, 2011.

Apomixis is a particular mode of reproduction that allows progeny formation without meiosis and fertilization. Eulaliopsis binata, a tetraploid apomictic species, is widely used for making paper, rope and mats. There is great potential for fixation of heterosis in E. binata due to autonomous endosperm formation in this species. Although most of its embryo sac originates from nucellus cells, termed apospory, we observed sexual reproduction initiation in 86.8 to 96.8% of the ovules, evidenced by callose deposition on the walls of cells undergoing megasporogenesis.

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