A few apomictic embryoids were noticed in the haploid ovules.
V. V. Anand 2001, 'A Comparative Account of the Gametophytes of Pollen Haploids and Parental Plants ofNicotiana tabacum L.', Taiwaniahttp://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=291. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The facultative apomictic species are the pioneers of evolution.
Ion I. Bǎra 2014, 'Reproduction - a factor of plant evolution', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/1558. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The development features of four samples of apomictic plants during micropropagation are presented.
В. Є. Джафарова, Л. В. Голишкін, Є. О. Долматов, Л. В. Ташматова 2013, 'Peculiaritis of Apomictic plants development Pyrus communis х Chaenomeles japonica(Thunb.) Lindl. in vitro conditions', Plant Varieties Studying and Protectionhttp://journal.sops.gov.ua/article/view/58547. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The proteins detected in the apomictic profile could be related to the apomictic process itself.
Cristina Lacerda Soares Petrarolha Silva, Marcos Antônio Machado, Eliana GertrudesMacedo Lemos 2004, 'Expressão protéica diferencial entre plântulas apomíticas e zigóticas de citros Differencialprotein expression among zygotic and apomitic seedlings of citrus', Revista Brasileira de Fruticulturahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452004000100003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In turn, at least two hybrid generations are required to establish apomictic seed formation.
Birthe H. Barke, Mareike Daubert, Elvira Hörandl 2018, 'Establishment of Apomixis in Diploid F2 Hybrids and Inheritance of Apospory From F1to F2 Hybrids of the Ranunculus auricomus Complex', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01111/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The species appears to be self-compatible but non-apomictic and needs active pollination to form fruits.
Ana Flávia de Oliveira Melazzo, Paulo Eugênio Oliveira 2012, 'Cuphea melvilla Lindlay (Lythraceae): uma espécie do Cerrado polinizada por beija-floresCuphea melvilla Lindlay (Lythraceae): a Cerrado species pollinated by hummingbirds',Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062012000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the case of apomictic genotypes only endospermless seeds were observed.
Janetta Niemann, Andrzej Wojciechowski, Jowita Janowicz 2012, 'Identification of apomixis in the Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) using auxintest', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/242. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In most females, metaphase in mature eggs included 39 univalent chromosomes which indicated apomictic triploidy.
Seppo Nokkala, Valentina G. Kuznetsova, Christina Nokkala 2017, 'Characteristics of parthenogenesis in Cacopsylla ledi (Flor, 1861) (Hemiptera, Sternorryncha,Psylloidea): cytological and molecular approaches', Comparative Cytogeneticshttps://compcytogen.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21362. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our results show that different selection pressures may result in a rapid genetic differentiation within a largely apomictic species.
Annett Lipowsky, Christiane Roscher, Jens Schumacher, Bernhard Schmid 2012, 'Density-independent mortality and increasing plant diversity are associated with differentiationof Taraxacum officinale into r- and K-strategists.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3253783?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Marker-assisted screening could be useful for introgression of desirable trait(s) in the apomictic genotype through hybridization.
Suresh Kumar, Sheena Saxena, Madan G. Gupta 2016, 'Marker-assisted screening of breeding populations of an apomictic grass Cenchrus ciliarisL. segregating for the mode of reproduction', Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnologyhttp://www.sbmp.org.br/cbab/siscbab/uploads/c8eb9792-0338-bd53.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)