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A triallelic system of S5 is a major regulator of the reproductive barrier and compatibility of indica-japonica hybrids in rice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Aug 2008
Chen Jiongjiong, Ding Jihua, Ouyang Yidan, Du Hongyi, Yang Jiangyi, Cheng Ke, Zhao Jie, Qiu Shuqing, Zhang Xuelian, Yao Jialing, Liu Kede, Wang Lei, Xu Caiguo, Li Xianghua, Xue Yongbiao, Xia Mian, Ji Qing, Lu Jufei, Xu Mingliang, Zhang Qifa
Abstract excerpt
Hybrid sterility is a major form of postzygotic reproductive isolation. Although reproductive isolation has been a key issue in evolutionary biology for many decades in a wide range of organisms, only very recently a few genes for reproductive isolation were identified. The Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) is divided into two subspecies, indica and japonica. Hybrids between indica and japonica varieties...
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