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Multi-step formation, evolution, and functionalization of new cytoplasmic male sterility genes in the plant mitochondrial genomes.
Cell research - 1 Jan 2017
Tang Huiwu, Zheng Xingmei, Li Chuliang, Xie Xianrong, Chen Yuanling, Chen Letian, Zhao Xiucai, Zheng Huiqi, Zhou Jiajian, Ye Shan, Guo Jingxin, Liu Yao-Guang
Abstract excerpt
New gene origination is a major source of genomic innovations that confer phenotypic changes and biological diversity. Generation of new mitochondrial genes in plants may cause cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), which can promote outcrossing and increase fitness. However, how mitochondrial genes originate and evolve in structure and function remains unclear. The rice Wild Abortive type of CMS is conferred by the...
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