ISSN:
1432-2048
Keywords:
Cell cycle
;
DNA synthesis
;
Embryo
;
Pisum
;
Quiescent center
;
Root (radicle)
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Maturing embryos of pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska) were treated with an aqueous solution of tritiated thymidine for 1 h, sectioned, and processed for autoradiography. An analysis of the distribution of labelled nuclei and mitotic figures demonstrated the presence of a quiescent center (QC) in the radicles of developing embryos. The QC developed in the radicle during the growth of the embryo. Immature radicles that did not contain a well-formed zone of root-cap initials did not show a QC. In the latter stages of seed ripening, the pattern of arrest of DNA synthesis and mitosis was tissue-specific. Cells within the QC remained inactive. The region lacking labelled nuclei and mitotic figures progressively expanded to include the root cap initials and then the provascular cylinder. Mitosis was arrested before DNA synthesis in the embryonic cortex. Cells within the QC synthesized DNA during the first stages of seed germination.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00384895
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