Bryan Kindiger

Dr. Bryan Kindiger


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Academic Career Length

30Years (1997-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 1997 in Crop Science
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BKBryan Kindiger
Bryan Kindiger
CDC. L. Dewald
C. L. Dewald

14 August 2020 in Genes
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GMGianpiero Marconi
Gianpiero Marconi
Domenico AielloDomenico Aiello
Domenico Aiello
BKBryan Kindiger
Bryan Kindiger
Loriano StorchiLoriano Storchi
Loriano Storchi
AMAlessandro Marrone
Alessandro Marrone
Emidio AlbertiniEmidio Albertini
Emidio Albertini
The production of seeds without sex is considered the holy grail of plant biology. The transfer of apomixis to various crop species has the potential to transform plant breeding, since it will allow new varieties to retain valuable traits thorough asexual reproduction. Therefore, a greater molecular understanding of apomixis is fundamental. In a previous work we identified a gene, namely APOSTART, that seemed to be involved in this asexual mode of reproduction, which is very common in Poa pratensis L., and here we present a detailed work aimed at clarifying its role in apomixis. In situ hybridization showed that PpAPOSTART is expressed in reproductive tissues from pre-meiosis to embryo development. Interestingly, it is expressed early in few nucellar cells of apomictic individuals possibly switching from a somatic to a reproductive cell as in aposporic apomixis. Moreover, out of 13 APOSTART members, we identified one, APOSTART_6, as specifically expressed in flower tissue. APOSTART_6 also exhibited delayed expression in apomictic genotypes when compared with sexual types. Most importantly, the SCAR (Sequence Characterized Amplified Region) derived from the APOSTART_6 sequence completely co-segregated with apomixis.

1 September 2006 in Grassland Science
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Bryan Kindiger

1 July 2006 in Crop Science
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Bryan Kindiger
MGM. Gau
M. Gau
HHH. Hasegawa
H. Hasegawa
MKM. Katsura
M. Katsura
YUY. Ueyama
Y. Ueyama
KNK. Nakashima
K. Nakashima

1 September 2011 in Grassland Science
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Bryan Kindiger
TCTerry Conley
Terry Conley
GKGideon Keith-Stanley
Gideon Keith-Stanley
HCHongwei Cai
Hongwei Cai

1 May 2011 in Journal of Plant Registrations
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BKBryan Kindiger
Bryan Kindiger
DSDevesh Singh
Devesh Singh