Altering gene dosage through variation in gene copy number is a powerful approach to addressing questions regarding gene regulation, quantitative trait loci, and heterosis, but one that is not easily applied to sexually transmitted species. Elite poplar (Populus spp) varieties are created through interspecific hybridization, followed by clonal propagation. Altered gene dosage relationships are ...

Background Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is the only clonal propagation method that has potential for large scale production of elite conifer plants from the breeding programs. Methods that support bioreactor-based methods for SE propagation are developed [1,2]. Samples of somatic embryos can be stored indefinitely under liquid nitrogen for future plant production. Somatic embryo cultures are also...

Colonization history, landscape structure, and environmental conditions may influence patterns of neutral genetic variation because of their effects on gene flow and reproductive mode. We compared variation at microsatellite loci within and among 26 Arabidopsis lyrata populations in two disjunct areas of its distribution in northern Europe (Norway and Sweden). The two areas probably share a com...

Chlorophytum arundinaceum is an important medicinal plant and its tuberous roots are used for various health ailment treatments. It has become an endangered species in the Eastern Ghats, and a rare medicinal herb in India, due to its excessive collection from its natural habitat and its destructive harvesting techniques, coupled with poor seed germination and low vegetative multiplication ratio...

Plants of the genus Aristolochia L. are included in pharmacopoeias different countries because they have a high potential as anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, wound healing agents, and antidotes their spheres (fields) medical application diverse. Due to depletion natural populations, renewal species by biotechnological methods has become relevant. In vitro reproduction or clonal micropropagation...

In flowering plants, haploid gametes – an egg cell and a sperm fuse to form the first diploid zygote. The zygote is progenitor stem that gives rise all embryonic post tissues organs. Unlike animals, both maternal paternal gene products participate in initial development of zygotes plants. Here, we discuss recent advances understanding zygotic transition embryo initiation angiosperms, including ...