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Tomato Male sterile 1035 is essential for pollen development and meiosis in anthers.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Dec 2014
Jeong Hee-Jin, Kang Jin-Ho, Zhao Meiai, Kwon Jin-Kyung, Choi Hak-Soon, Bae Jung Hwan, Lee Hyun-Ah, Joung Young-Hee, Choi Doil, Kang Byoung-Cheorl
Abstract excerpt
Male fertility in flowering plants depends on proper cellular differentiation in anthers. Meiosis and tapetum development are particularly important processes in pollen production. In this study, we showed that the tomato male sterile (ms10(35)) mutant of cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) exhibited dysfunctional meiosis and an abnormal tapetum during anther development, resulting in no pollen production....
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