ERC Advanced Grant · 2024
Development and diversity of root suckers
Clonal reproduction provides certain seed plants with the opportunity to spawn large numbers of clonal individuals in the absence of fertilization. Root sucker formation is a mechanism by which somatic cells of the root spontaneously change their developmental path and give rise to hundreds of clonal offspring. This trait is understudied owing to the scarcity of systems where genetics and advanced imaging can be employed for in-depth studies. Here, I propose to address this problem by developing the diploid plant Cardamine resedifolia as a powerful experimental system for this purpose. This plant reproduces not only sexually, but also asexually via root suckers. How root suckers form and…
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