Intertribal hybrid plants produced from crossing   Arabidopsis thaliana  with apomictic  Boechera

Lohe, Allan; Perotti, Enrico

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Intertribal hybrid plants produced from crossing Arabidopsis thaliana with apomictic Boechera

Date

2012

Authors

Lohe, Allan

Perotti, Enrico

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Arabidopsis thaliana and Boechera belong to different tribes of the Brassicaceae and last shared a common ancestor 13-35 million years ago. A. thaliana reproduces sexually but some Boechera accessions reproduce by apomixis (asexual reproduction by seed).