Cell-cycle status of male and female gametes during Arabidopsis reproduction
Y. Voichek, B. Hurieva, C. Michaud, A. Schmücker, Z. Vergara, B. Desvoyes, C. Gutierrez, V. Nizhynska, B. Jaegle, M. Borg, F. Berger, M. Nordborg, M. Ingouff
The paper investigates the cell-cycle status of male and female gametes in Arabidopsis during fertilization, finding both are arrested before DNA replication and initiate replication only during fertilization.
bioRxiv · Feb 22, 2023Plant Biology