Whether these small variations are important in seed development remains to be determined, although it is interesting to note that phylogenetically, ALPHA2 and ALPHA3 are more closely related to each other than to ALPHA1.
This was an important factor in increasing private agricultural research in Asia (Pray and Fuglie, 2000) and still may be important in the seed market in some countries because seed markets are often the last markets to be liberalized (Gisselquist, Nash and Pray, 2002).
Finally, the compounds in the AG seed signature might still be important in the ant-seed interaction, at some stage other than seed-carrying (e.g. they might be part of an olfactorily attractive blend, or might influence how seeds are handled after ants return to the nest).
The MIKC family, which possesses a MADS domain, is enriched in floral organs and seeds, so they may be important in floral organ and seed development, as in Arabidopsis [ 37].
However, although it has been shown that the chemical compounds of fruit can be important in determining frugivory and seed dispersal interactions (Jordano 2000 and references therein), such traits have not been used previously in network analyses.
Results from tung also suggest that DGAT2 may be important in eleostearic acid metabolism in seeds of this species [ 42, 43].
The APA locus was found to be important in providing insecticidal properties to common bean seed under attack by the bruchid species Z. fasciatus and to be easily diagnosed by several closely-associated microsatellite markers.
It will be important in future work to determine if constructs seeded with cells enhance nerve regeneration and functional outcome as compared to scaffold material alone.
This source of funding is important in the seed capital stage of innovative projects, especially for the signaling function that public intervention may have towards other external funders (David et al. 2000; Klette et al. 2000).
MiR167 targets several ARF transcription factors that are important in controlling seed dispersal.
