Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is a fascinating process in plant biology where somatic cells, which are any cells of the body except sperm and egg cells, can develop into embryos and ultimately form ...

Unlike many animals, the adult body of a plant is not defined during embryogenesis. Instead, throughout their lifecycle, plants undergo a series of developmental changes that rely on the activity ...

"Switching on BBM1 artificially in the egg cell is enough to start embryogenesis and make a new plant, but this process only worked about a third of the time," said Sundaresan. "One of the things ...