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Genetic analysis of male fertility restoration in wild cytoplasmic male sterility G of beet.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jun 2004
Touzet Pascal, Hueber Nathalie, Bürkholz Alexandra, Barnes Stephen, Cuguen Joël
Abstract excerpt
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) has been used in the breeding of sugar beet for decades but is also more generally an important feature of the reproductive system in its wild relative, Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Among the several CMSs found in wild populations, the G CMS is a mitochondrial variant of the respiratory chain. The segregants derived from a cross between a restored plant and a female (male-sterile)...
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