Endosperm genes expressed in an embryonic development-dependent or -independent manner in Arabidopsis

During seed development in flowering plants, development of the endosperm and embryo are considered to be regulated in a coordinated manner through the exchange of signals with each other. However, such a reciprocal control mechanism has not been clearly identified. In this study, we performed a comparative transcriptome analysis of double-fertilized and single-fertilized seeds generated using a kokopelli (kpl) mutant and identified the endosperm genes that exhibit differences in expression patterns between double-fertilized and single-fertilized seeds.