Revisiting the hetero-fertilization phenomenon in maize.

Development of a seed DNA-based genotyping system for marker-assisted selection (MAS) has provided a novel opportunity for understanding aberrant reproductive phenomena such as hetero-fertilization (HF) by observing the mismatch of endosperm and leaf genotypes in monocot species. In contrast to conv...

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Main Authors: Shibin Gao, Raman Babu, Yanli Lu, Carlos Martinez, Zhuanfang Hao, Alan F Krivanek, Jiankang Wang, Tingzhao Rong, Jonathan Crouch, Yunbi Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3023713?pdf=render