Female meiosis in plants can be directly observed with new method

A research team at the IPK Leibniz Institute has developed a method that enables the detailed observation of female meiosis—the process by which germ cells are formed—in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The FeM-ID (Female Meiotic cell IDentification) method overcomes a significant hurdle in plant biology. Until now, female meiotic cells were difficult to access, forcing most studies to focus on male cells. The results of the study have now been published in the journal The Plant Cell.