Abstract
Most flowering plants reproduce sexually through seeds. A zygote is formed by fusion of reduced female and male gametes (amphimixis) and develops into an embryo. However, some angiosperms commonly reproduce through seeds having an embryo, which is formed without reduction of the chromosome number nor fertilisation, by a process called apomixis (Nogler, 1984).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Asker, S.E., and Jerling, L. (1992). Apomixis in Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Bacchi, O. (1943). Cytological observations in Citrus. III. Megasporogenesis, fertilization and polyembryony. Bot. Gaz. 105: 221–225.
Bashaw, E.C. (1975). Problems and possibilities of apomixis in the improvement of tropical forage grasses, in Doll, E.C. and Mott, G.O. (eds.), Topical forages in livestock production systems. Spec. Pub. 24. American Society of Agronomy. Madison, WI. p. 23–30.
Bicknell, R.A., Borst, N.K., and Koltunow, A.M. (2000). Monogenic inheritance of apomixis in two Hieracium species with distinc developmental mechanisms. Heredity 84: 227–237.
Cameron, J. W., and Garber, M. J. (1986). Identical-Twin Hybrids of Citrus x Poncirus from strictly sexual seed parents. Amer. J. Bot. 55: 199–205.
Cameron, J. W., and Soost, R (1979). Sexual K and Nucellar Embryony in F1 Hybrids and Advanced Crosses of Citrus with Poncirus. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 104: 408–410.
Carman, J.G. (1997). Asynchronous expression of duplicate genes in angiosperms may cause apomixis, bispory, tetraspory, and polyembryony. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 61: 51–94.
Clausen, J. (1961). Introgression facilitated by apomixis in polyploid poas. Euphytica 10: 87–94.
Chen, L., Miyazaki C., Kojima, A., Saito, A., and Adachi, T. (1999). Isolation and characterization of a gene expressed during early embryo sac development in apomictic Guinea Grass (Panicum maximun), J. Plant Physiol. 154: 55–62.
Esan, E.B. (1973) A detailed study of adventive embryogenesis in the Rutaceae. PhD Dissertation. Univ. California, Riverside.
Fryxell, P. A. (1957). Mode of reproduction of higher plants. Botan. Rev. 23: 132–233.
Furusato, K. (1954). Studies on polyembryony in citrus. Annual Rept. Natl. Inst. Genet, Japan. 4.
Garcia, R., AsÃns, M.J., Forner, J., and Carbonell, E.A. (1999). Genetic analysis of apomixis in Citrus and Poncirus by molecular markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 99: 511–518.
Guerin, J., Rossel, J.B., Robert, S, Tsuchiya, T, and Koltunow, A. (2000). A DEFICIENS homologue is down-regulated during apomict initiation in ovules of Hieracium. Planta 210: 914–920.
Hanna, W.W., and Bashaw, E.C. (1987). Apomixis: its identification and use in plant breeding. Crop Science 27: 1136–1139.
Iwamasa, M., Ueno, I., and Nishiura, M. (1967). Inheritance of nucellar embryony in Citrus. Bull. Hort. Sta. Japan ser. B. n° 7.
Kindiger, B., Sokolov, V., and Khatypova, I.V. (1996a). Evaluation of apomictic reproduction in a set of 39 chromosome maize-Tripsacum backcross hybrids. Crop Science 36: 1108–1113.
Kindiger, B., Bai, D., and Sokolov, V. (1996b). Assignment of a gene(s) conferring apomixis in Tripsacum to a chromosome arm: cytological and molecular evidence. Genome 39: 1133–1141.
Koltunow, A.M., Bicknell, R.A., and Chaudhury, A.M. (1995). Apomixis: Molecular strategies for the generation of genetically identical seeds without fertilization. Plant Physiol. 108: 1343–1352.
Koltunow, A.M. (1993). Apomixis: embryo sacs and embryos formed without meiosis or fertilization in ovules. The Plant Cell 5: 1425–1437.
Lakshmanan, K.K., and Ambegaokar, K.K. (1984). Polyembryony, in Jhori, B.M. (ed.), Embryology of Angiosperms, Springer-Verlag, pp. 445–474.
Leblanc, O., Grimanelli, D., Gonzalez-de Leon, and Savidan, Y. (1995a). Detection of the apomictic mode of reproduction in maize-Tripsacum hybrids using maize RFLP markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 90: 1198–1203.
Leblanc, O., Peel, M.D., Carman, J.G., and Savidan, Y. (1995b). Megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis in several Tripsacum species (Poaceae). Am. J. Bot. 82: 57–63.
Luo, M., Bilodeal, P., Koltunow, A., Dennis, E.S., Peacock, W.J., and Chaudhury, A.M. (1999). Genes controlling fertilization-independent seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:, 296–301.
Mazzucato, A., Falcinelli, M., and Veronesi, F. (1996). Evolution and adaptedness in a facultatively apomictic grass, Poa pratensis L. Euphytica 92: 13–19.
Minessey, F.A. (1953). Effect of rootstock on polyembryony in Citrus. Alexandria J. Agr. Res. 1: 83–89.
Nogler, G.A. (1984). Gametophytic apomixis, in Mori B. M. (ed.), Embryology of Angiosperms. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 475–518.
Ozias-Akins, P., Roche, D., and Hanna, W.W. (1998). Tight clustering and hemizygosity of apomixis-linked in Pennisetum squamulatum implies genetic control of apospory by a divergent locus that may have no allelic form in sexual genotypes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 5127–5132.
Parlevliet, J.E., and Cameron, J.W. (1959). Evidence on the inheritance of nucellar embryony in Citrus. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 74: 252–260.
Pessino, S.C., Ortiz, J.P.A., Leblanc, O., Valle, C.B., Evans, C., and Hayward, MI. (1997). Identification of a maize linkage group related to apomixis in Brachiaria. Theor. Appl. Genet. 94: 439–444.
Roche, D., Cong, P., Chen, Z., Hanna, W.W, Gustine, D.L., Sherwood, R.T., and Ozias-Akins, P. (1999). An apospory-specific genomic region is conserved between buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) and Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen. The Plant Journal 19: 203–208.
Taliafeno, C. M., and Bashaw, E. C. (1966). Inheritance and control of obligate apomixix in breeding buffelgrass. Crop Sci. 6: 473–476.
Tisserat, B., and Murashige, T. (1977). Effects of ethephon, ethylene, and 2,4dichlorophenoxyacetic acid on asexual embryogenesis in vitro. Plant Physiol. 60: 437–439.
Tisserat, B., Esan, E.B., and Murashige, T. (1978). Somatic embryogenesis in angiosperms, Horticultural Reviews 1–79.
Vielle Calzada, J.P.V., Crane, C.F., and Stelly, D.M. (1996). Apomixis: the asexual revolution. Science 274: 1322–1323.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2002 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Asins, M.J., Garcia, M.R., Ruiz, C., Carbonell, E.A. (2002). Molecular Markers for the Genetic Analysis of Apomixis. In: Jain, S.M., Brar, D.S., Ahloowalia, B.S. (eds) Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2356-5_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2356-5_9
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-90-481-5982-6
Online ISBN: 978-94-017-2356-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive