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Evidence for a Common Sex Determination Mechanism for Pistil Abortion in Maize and in Its Wild Relat...

Evidence for a Common Sex Determination Mechanism for Pistil Abortion in Maize and in Its Wild Relat...

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Evidence for a Common Sex Determination Mechanism for Pistil Abortion in Maize and in Its Wild Relative Tripsacum

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Evidence for a Common Sex Determination Mechanism for Pistil Abortion in Maize and in Its Wild Relative Tripsacum

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United States: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 1997-04, Vol.94 (8), p.4217-4222

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English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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Cultivated maize (Zea mays) and several other members of the Tribe Andropogoneae produce unisexual florets. In maize, the formation of two staminate florets in each spikelet on the tassel and a single pistillate floret in each spikelet on the ear includes a pistil abortion process that requires the action of the TASSELSEED2 gene. In Eastern gamagra...

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Evidence for a Common Sex Determination Mechanism for Pistil Abortion in Maize and in Its Wild Relative Tripsacum

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_201325973

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_201325973

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.94.8.4217

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