Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Paternal imprinting of dosage-effect defective1 contributes to seed weight xenia in maize

  • Dawei Dai,
  • Janaki S. Mudunkothge,
  • Mary Galli,
  • Si Nian Char,
  • Ruth Davenport,
  • Xiaojin Zhou,
  • Jeffery L. Gustin,
  • Gertraud Spielbauer,
  • Junya Zhang,
  • W. Brad Barbazuk,
  • Bing Yang,
  • Andrea Gallavotti,
  • A. Mark Settles

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33055-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Xenia effects describe the genetic contribution of pollen to seed phenotypes. Here the authors show that paternal imprinting of Ded1 contributes to the xenia effect in maize by setting the pace of endosperm development.