Somatic Embryogenesis: Fundamental Aspects and Applications

This book discusses basic and applied aspects of somatic embryogenesis, one of the most powerful tools in plant biotechnology. It is divided into three parts; Part I includes topics such as the history of this research field, how differentiated plant cell

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omatic Embryogenesis: Fundamental Aspects and Applications

Somatic Embryogenesis: Fundamental Aspects and Applications

Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo Editors

Somatic Embryogenesis: Fundamental Aspects and Applications

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Editors Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán Mérida, Yucatán Mexico

ISBN 978-3-319-33704-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33705-0

Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo Departamento de Ingeniería Genética de Plantas Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional Irapuato Mexico

ISBN 978-3-319-33705-0

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Contents

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Somatic Embryogenesis. An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas and Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo

Part I

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Basic Aspects

2

The History of Somatic Embryogenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas

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3

The Many Ways of Somatic Embryo Initiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attila Fehér, Dóra Bernula and Katalin Gémes

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4

Transcriptome Profile of Somatic Embryogenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . José E. Cetz-Chel and Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas

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5

Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Somatic Embryogenesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katarzyna Nowak and Małgorzata D. Gaj

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Epigenetic Advances in Somatic Embryogenesis in Sequenced Genome Crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fátima Duarte-Aké and Clelia De-la-Peña

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The Current Status of Proteomic Studies in Somatic Embryogenesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Martín Mata Rosas