...Jekaterina Truskina; Sophy Boeuf; Joan Renard; Tonni Grube Andersen; Niko Geldner; Gwyneth Ingram ABSTRACT During flowering plant reproduction, anthers produce pollen grains, the development of which is supported by the tapetum, a nourishing maternal tissue that also contributes non-cell...

... meiocytes are able to complete meiosis I,but they do not have a thick callose wall; they often fail to complete meiotic cytokinesis and eventually collapse. DYT1 encodes a putative bHLH transcription factor and is strongly expressed in the tapetum from late anther stage 5 to early stage 6, and at a lower...