Article
The sex determination process in maize.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Dec 1994
Dellaporta S L, Calderon-Urrea A
Abstract excerpt
Maize partitions the sexes into different flowers on the plant, a condition called monoecy, which facilitates outcrossing. Sex determination in maize is a complex process involving an interplay between genetic determinants, the environment, and hormones. Unisexuality of flowers is achieved by the process of selective arrest and abortion of the inappropriate organ primordia within a bisexual floral meristem....
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