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Zygotic Embryogenesis: Developmental Genetics

The Formation of an Embryo from a Fertilized Egg

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Current Trends in the Embryology of Angiosperms

Abstract

During embryogenesis the cells of the proliferating embryo acquire specific cell fates in an integrated manner to form the seedling. The basic plant body is established in an early phase after fertilization. Subsequently, the embryo undergoes characteristic shape changes brought about by different orientations of cell-division planes and by directional cell expansions in the absence of cell migration (Lyndon, 1990). During the first one-third of embryogenesis the apical-basal and radial axes of the embryo are established. The bilateral symmetry of the embryo becomes fully apparent by the end of this first phase. This phase is followed by a period when tissue primordia grow and cells differentiate. During this period the meristematic zones corresponding to shoot and root become active. In the final phase the mature embryo undergoes changes such as desiccation in preparation for dormancy.

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