Chronic water-deficit stress may increase meiotic recombination in maize.

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Meiosis and recombination lead to gametes with novel combinations of genes as key processes in evolution and plant breeding. Numerous extrinsic factors have been reported to affect meiotic recombination of plants. The goal of this research was to identify simple, low-cost, and effective treatments that affect recombination in maize (Zea mays L.). The treatments, water-deficit stress and defoliation, were...

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