1. Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages 711-723 (July 2009)
Expression, Imprinting, and Evolution of Rice Homologs of the Polycomb Group Genes 
Luo Ming , Platten Damien , Chaudhury Abed , Peacock W.J. , Dennis Elizabeth S.  
Molecular Plant 
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2. Figure 1 Rice PcG Gene Expression Shown by RT–PCR.
Sh, sheath; P, panicle; O, ovary; A, anther; 2d, 2-day-old seeds; 4d, 4-day-old endosperm; R, roots; Yl, young leaf. OsFIE1 is only expressed in endosperm. Other genes are expressed widely.
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3. Figure 2 Parental Expression of the Rice PcG Genes in Endosperm.
The arrows indicate the polymorphism between parents. NIP, Nipponbare. NIP was pollinated with IR64. RT–PCR was conducted on the 5-day-old endosperm isolated from hybrid and parents. Sequencing was carried out on the RT-products and their subclones. The sequencing trace files are from the direct sequencing of RT–PCR products. The maternal and paternal ratios are the counts of each individual sub-clone of RT–PCR products from hybrid endosperm.
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4. Figure 3 Evolutionary Relationships of E(z) Proteins from 50 Taxa.
The rice E(z) homologs are highlighted.
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5. Figure 4 Evolutionary Relationships of Su(z)12 Proteins from 37 Taxa.
The rice Su(z)12 homologs are highlighted.
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6. Figure 5 Evolutionary Relationships of ESC Proteins from 54 Taxa.
The rice FIE proteins are highlighted.
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7. Figure 6
Putative Phenotypes and Pseudoseed Formation of a T-DNA Insertion Mutant of OsEMF2b.
(A) A homozygous mutant and a wild-type grown in long days; the shorter plant was a homozygous mutant at flowering and the taller wild-type was at the vegetative stage.
(B) Abortive florets in homozygous mutants.
(C) A panicle of a homozygous mutant (left) has fewer florets than the panicle of a wild-type (right).
(D) Multiple-fused ovaries were seen occasionally.
(E) A floret appeared to be normal but without pollen in a homozygous mutant.
(F) A wild-type floret with pollen being released.
(G) A 5-day-old fertilized wild-type seed. The arrow indicates the boundary between endosperm and proliferated nucellus cells.
(H) A pseudoseed showing proliferation of nucellus cells in a OsEMF2b heterozygote after emasculation.
(I) A 9-day-old wild-type seed with starchy endosperm.
(J) A late pseudoseed showing nucellus proliferation in a wild-type plant after emasculation.
(K, L) Pseudoseeds from emasculated panicles; one is from a wild-type (K), another is from a heterozygous Osemf2b mutant (L). Bars in (B–F)  =  2.5 mm; bars in (G–J)  =  0.25 mm; bars in (K, L)  =  6 mm.
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