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Molecular analysis of an additional case of hybrid sterility in rice (Oryza sativa L.).
Planta - 1 Mar 2011
Zhao Z G, Zhu S S, Zhang Y H, Bian X F, Wang Y, Jiang L, Liu X, Chen L M, Liu S J, Zhang W W, Ikehashi H, Wan J M
Abstract excerpt
Hybrid sterility hinders the exploitation of the heterosis displayed by japonica × indica rice hybrids. The variation in pollen semi-sterility observed among hybrids between the japonica recipient cultivar and each of two sets of chromosome segment substitution lines involving introgression from an indica cultivar was due to a factor on chromosome 5 known to harbor the gene S24. S24 was fine mapped to a 42 kb...
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