The successful cloning of the Arabidopsis thanliana mutuants of non-fertilization endosperm formation and their related genes has made it possible to compare the molecular mechanisms of non-fertilization endosperm initiation in regular and mutant plants.

• 拟南芥胚乳自主发生突变体及相关基因的克隆，使人们可以研究和比较自然和突变植物胚乳自主发生的分子机制。