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CMS-G from Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima is maintained in natural populations despite containing an atypical cytochrome c oxidase.
The Biochemical journal - 23 Feb 2018
Meyer Etienne H, Lehmann Caroline, Boivin Stéphane, Brings Lea, De Cauwer Isabelle, Bock Ralph, Kühn Kristina, Touzet Pascal
Abstract excerpt
While mitochondrial mutants of the respiratory machinery are rare and often lethal, cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), a mitochondrially inherited trait that results in pollen abortion, is frequently encountered in wild populations. It generates a breeding system called gynodioecy. In Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima, a gynodioecious species, we found CMS-G to be widespread across the distribution range of the species....
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