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The sex-determining gene CitACS4 is a pleiotropic regulator of flower and fruit development in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus).
Plant reproduction - 1 Dec 2018
Aguado Encarnación, García Alicia, Manzano Susana, Valenzuela Juan Luis, Cuevas Julián, Pinillos Virginia, Jamilena Manuel
Abstract excerpt
In the species of the Cucurbitaceae family, the occurrence of separate male and female flowers in the same plant (monoecy) is controlled by an ethylene biosynthesis ACS gene, which specifically suppresses the development of stamen in the female flower. In watermelon, a mutation of loss of function in CitACS4 promotes the conversion of female into hermaphrodite flowers, and of monoecious into andromonoecious...
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