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Anther and pollen development: A conserved developmental pathway. 2015

José Fernández Gómez, and Behzad Talle, and Zoe A Wilson

School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK.

Pollen development is a critical step in plant development that is needed for successful breeding and seed formation. Manipulation of male fertility has proved a useful trait for hybrid breeding and increased crop yield. However, although there is a good understanding developing of the molecular mechanisms of anther and pollen anther development in model species, such as Arabidopsis and rice, little is known about the equivalent processes in important crops. Nevertheless the onset of increased genomic information and genetic tools is facilitating translation of information from the models to crops, such as barley and wheat; this will enable increased understanding and manipulation of these pathways for agricultural improvement.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011058	Pollen	The fertilizing element of plants that contains the male GAMETOPHYTES.	Male Gametes, Plant,Male Gametophytes,Microspores, Plant,Plant Microspores,Pollen Grains,Gamete, Plant Male,Gametes, Plant Male,Gametophyte, Male,Gametophytes, Male,Grain, Pollen,Grains, Pollen,Male Gamete, Plant,Male Gametophyte,Microspore, Plant,Plant Male Gamete,Plant Male Gametes,Plant Microspore,Pollen Grain
D001709	Biotechnology	Body of knowledge related to the use of organisms, cells or cell-derived constituents for the purpose of developing products which are technically, scientifically and clinically useful. Alteration of biologic function at the molecular level (i.e., GENETIC ENGINEERING) is a central focus; laboratory methods used include TRANSFECTION and CLONING technologies, sequence and structure analysis algorithms, computer databases, and gene and protein structure function analysis and prediction.	Biotechnologies
D026801	Synteny	The presence of two or more genetic loci on the same chromosome. Extensions of this original definition refer to the similarity in content and organization between chromosomes, of different species for example.	Chromosomal Colinearity,Colinearity, Chromosomal,Conserved Synteny,Syntenic Conservation,Syntenic Homology,Chromosomal Colinearities,Colinearities, Chromosomal,Conservation, Syntenic,Conservations, Syntenic,Conserved Syntenies,Homologies, Syntenic,Homology, Syntenic,Syntenic Conservations,Syntenic Homologies,Syntenies,Syntenies, Conserved,Synteny, Conserved
D063245	Plant Development	Processes orchestrated or driven by a plethora of genes, plant hormones, and inherent biological timing mechanisms facilitated by secondary molecules, which result in the systematic transformation of plants and plant parts, from one stage of maturity to another.	Plant Morphogenesis,Development, Plant,Developments, Plant,Morphogeneses, Plant,Morphogenesis, Plant,Plant Developments,Plant Morphogeneses