Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Seed size"
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Functional effects of inter-genome interactions on seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana
(NUI Galway, 2022-01-14)Plant seed size determination is of high economic interest for modern food production worldwide as many crops are mainly consumed in the form of seeds, such as rice, wheat or corn. Parental conflict and genomic imprinting ... -
Reproductive Genetics and Epigenetics of F1 hybrid triploids of Arabidopsis thaliana L.
(2011-12-14)Polyploidy, the occurrence of more than two complete sets of chromosomes in a single nucleus, is an important process contributing to eukaryotic evolution. Polyploidy is also a widespread speciation mechanism and is common ...