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Investigation of Nicotiana tabacum (+) N. suaveolens cybrids with carpelloid stamens.
Journal of plant physiology - 1 Feb 2005
Fitter John T, Thomas Mark R, Niu Chen, Rose Ray J
Abstract excerpt
To investigate cytoplasmic effects on homeotic floral morphology, Nicotiana tabacum and N. suaveolens protoplasts were fused and cybrids obtained to contrast with the sexual alloplasmic line Nta(sua)S. Nta(sua)S contains the nucleus of N. tabacum and cytoplasm of N. suaveolens while cybrids derive from fused cells where the cytoplasms can interact. The three male-sterile somatic cybrid plants analyzed contained...
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