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Six different mutations with defects in immature seed development have been identified during screening of a T-DNA collection of Arabidopsis thaliana. The mutations were confirmed to be monogenic and recessive-lethal by genetic analysis. Mutant embryos were blocked in certain steps in the process necessary for embryo viability and development, and therefore they belong to the embryo-lethal class of mutants. The genetic and morphological studies of T-DNA mutations affecting embryo development are presented. The youngest embryos with a defect were observed at the globular stage in the VIII-64 mutation. Externally located cells, precursor of the protoderm, were characterised by abnormal cell division. VIII-41 mutation with a defect at the late globular stage was arrested at the globular-heart stage transition. VIII-111 mutation showed defect at heart stage of embryogenesis with atypical development of cotyledon primordia. The defect was associated with abnormal pattern of cell division constituting the precursor of the shoot apical meristem. In VIII-82 mutation defect in torpedo stage with asymmetric cotyledons was observed. Cotyledon stage of embryos and chlorophyll defect were observed in VIII-75 mutant. Abnormal suspensor consisting of two columns of cells was observed in 280-4-4 mutation. Newly identified embryo-lethals can serve as starting material for more detailed genetic and molecular studies.
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Kyjovská, Z., Řepková, J. & Relichová, J. New Embryo Lethals in Arabidopsis thaliana: Basic Genetic and Morphological Study. Genetica 119, 317–325 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GENE.0000003744.39599.6d
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