Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1816-9775 (Print)
ISSN 2541-8971 (Online)


heterochrony

Apomixis and Plant Evolution

From a position of S.S. Khokhlov’s conception (1946) in the light of the modern data on embryology and genetics of apomixis the perspectives of plant evolution is discussed. On the example of Poaceae it is demonstrated, that apomixis is the mechanism, which helps the modern plants to achieve the reproductive success.