Endosperm. Developmental and Molecular Biology. 2007. (Plant Cell Monographs, Volume 8). 7 col. illustr. 10 b/w illustr. 230 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

This is the first comprehensive overview of the developmental andmolecular biology of endosperm. The text covers cereal endosperm development from fertilization to maturity, including molecular and cellbiology of the syncytial phase, the cellularization process and cellfate specification of the embryo surrounding region cells, the basal transfer cells, the starchy endosperm and aleurone cells. In addition, endosperm development in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana is covered, along with recent progress in endosperm in vitro culture..Special features of endosperm,such as imprinting, polyploidy, programmed cell death and anthocyanin biosynthesis, are described in separate chapters. Finally, the genes andpathways for the main nutritional components of endosperm, storage proteins and starch are covered in detail.