Evidence for a common sex determination mechanism for pistil abortion in maize and in its wild relative Tripsacum
Li D, Blakey C, Dewald C, Dellaporta S. Evidence for a common sex determination mechanism for pistil abortion in maize and in its wild relative Tripsacum. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 4217-4222. PMID: 9108132, PMCID: PMC20608, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.8.4217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStaminate floretsPistil abortionRestriction fragment length polymorphism mappingSex determination mechanismSimilar expression patternsMonophyletic traitUnisexual floretsPolymorphism mappingPistillate floretsDetermination mechanismIntergeneric hybridsTribe AndropogoneaeExpression patternsSubepidermal cellsDeletion mutationsMolecular analysisEastern gamagrassGenesAndropogoneaeFloretsMaizeSimilar roleSpikeletsAllelesTasselseed2