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PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 6(1) January 2010

<b>A panicle of the rice pseudoviviparous mutant shows that all spikelets are replaced by vigorous juvenile plantlets.</b>

In this issue of PLoS Genetics, Wang et al. report a spontaneous pseudoviviparous mutant phoenix (pho) in rice. In pho plants, all spikelets are replaced by young plantlets, and the reproductive strategy is completely changed from sexual to asexual. Further analyses revealed that pho is caused by mutations of two MADS-box transcription factors. These findings provide an insight into the mechanism of pseudovivipary in plants.

Image Credit: Zhukuan Cheng (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

A panicle of the rice pseudoviviparous mutant shows that all spikelets are replaced by vigorous juvenile plantlets. Top

In this issue of PLoS Genetics, Wang et al. report a spontaneous pseudoviviparous mutant phoenix (pho) in rice. In pho plants, all spikelets are replaced by young plantlets, and the reproductive strategy is completely changed from sexual to asexual. Further analyses revealed that pho is caused by mutations of two MADS-box transcription factors. These findings provide an insight into the mechanism of pseudovivipary in plants.

Image Credit: Zhukuan Cheng (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Citation: (2010) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 6(1) January 2010. PLoS Genet 6(1): ev06.i01. doi:10.1371/image.pgen.v06.i01

Published: January 29, 2010

Copyright: © 2010 Cheng et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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A panicle of the rice pseudoviviparous mutant shows that all spikelets are replaced by vigorous juvenile plantlets.

In this issue of PLoS Genetics, Wang et al. report a spontaneous pseudoviviparous mutant phoenix (pho) in rice. In pho plants, all spikelets are replaced by young plantlets, and the reproductive strategy is completely changed from sexual to asexual. Further analyses revealed that pho is caused by mutations of two MADS-box transcription factors. These findings provide an insight into the mechanism of pseudovivipary in plants.

Image Credit: Zhukuan Cheng (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

doi:10.1371/image.pgen.v06.i01.g001
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