title: Evolutionary origins of the endosperm in flowering plants.
abstract: The evolutionary origin of double fertilization and the resultant endosperm tissue in flowering plants remains a puzzle, despite over a century of research. The recent resurgence of approaches to evolutionary developmental biology combining comparative biology with phylogenetics provides new understanding of endosperm origins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Biology, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Célia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baroux
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spillane
authors.forename: Ueli
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Grossniklaus
mesh_terms: D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D018745:Genome, Plant; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011003:Ploidies; D012639:Seeds / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*