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An original mutation in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) involving degeneration of the generative cell and causing male sterility.
Genome - 1 Dec 2002
Bione Nilton Cesar Pires, Pagliarini Maria Suely, de Almeida Leones Alves
Abstract excerpt
A spontaneous mutation causing male sterility has been detected in line BR97-17739 from the soybean breeding program conducted by Embrapa-National Soybean Research Center. Meiotic division and male gametophyte development were analyzed in 10 male-sterile, female-fertile plants. Meiotic process had few irregularities related to chromosome segregation and affected about 2% of tetrads. Despite the high frequency of...
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