The Importance of the DNA Damage Response during Maize Kernel Development
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellPedroza-Garcia report that the necessity for DNA damage response kinases under non-stress conditions is higher in maize than in Arabidopsis, indicating that the mechanisms maintaining genome integrity may be more important for vegetative and reproductive development than previously thought. Plant Cell…
Maternal control of seed size through the ovule
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. investigate how Arabidopsis seed size is controlled by maternal tissues.
By Ying Ju Li, Yang Yu and Ying Hua Su, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
Background: Seed size is determined by the coordinated development…