The names "monocot" and "dicot" come from the term cotyledon. A cotyledon is the part of the embryonic plant, housed in the seed that upon germination becomes the first leaf, or leaves, of the ...

Epicentre Biotechnologies’ new QuickExtract™ Seed DNA Extraction Solution facilitates the extraction of PCR-ready DNA from a wide variety of seeds, both monocot and dicot.

Monocot and Dicot Share Defense Components Against Fungal Disease. News . Published: January 11, 2011 . Download ... Research and his team identified a set of genes regulated by a common protein that ...

The researchers first identified and cloned sequences of monocot B. distachyon's NPR genes-BdNPR1, 2, and 3-which were similar to the NPR sequences of other dicot species, including Arabidopsis.

Scientist Matt Humphry of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and his team identified a set of genes regulated by a common protein that has been conserved in the genome of monocot and ...