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Gamete fertility and ovule number variation in selfed reciprocal f1 hybrid triploid plants are heritable and display epigenetic parent-of-origin effects
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-01-31)
Polyploidy and hybridization play major roles in plant evolution and reproduction. To investigate the reproductive effects of polyploidy and hybridization in Arabidopsis thaliana, we analyzed fertility of reciprocal pairs ...
Hybridity has a greater effect than paternal genome dosage on heterosis in sugar beet (beta vulgaris)
(Springer Nature, 2018-06-15)
Background: The phenomenon of heterosis is critical to plant breeding and agricultural productivity. Heterosis occurs when F1 hybrid offspring display quantitative improvements in traits to levels that do not occur in the ...