Insights into the evolutionary history and widespread occurrence of antheridiogen systems in ferns.
Hornych O, Testo WL, Sessa EB, Watkins JE Jr, Campany CE, Pittermann J, Ekrt L.
Hornych O, et al.
New Phytol. 2021 Jan;229(1):607-619. doi: 10.1111/nph.16836. Epub 2020 Aug 25.
New Phytol. 2021.
PMID: 32740926
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Review.
The antheridiogen system likely evolved multiple times and provides homosporous ferns with the benefits often associated with heterospory, such as increased rates of outcrossing. Despite expectations, antheridiogens may be beneficial to polyploids and apomicts....
The antheridiogen system likely evolved multiple times and provides homosporous ferns with the benefits often associated with heterospory …