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Science 28 October 1994:
Vol. 266. no. 5185, pp. 605 - 614
DOI: 10.1126/science.266.5185.605
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Plant Embryogenesis: Zygote to Seed

Robert B. Goldberg 1, Genaro de Paiva 1, and Ramin Yadegari 1

1 Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1606, USA.

Most differentiation events in higher plants occur continuously in the postembryonic adult phase of the life cycle. Embryogenesis in plants, therefore, is concerned primarily with establishing the basic shoot-root body pattern of the plant and accumulating food reserves that will be used by the germinating seedling after a period of embryonic dormancy within the seed. Recent genetics studies in Arabidopsis have identified genes that provide new insight into how embryos form during plant development. These studies, and others using molecular approaches, are beginning to reveal the underlying processes that control plant embryogenesis.


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