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Gametophyte genetics in Zea mays L.: dominance of a restoration-of-fertility allele (Rf3) in diploid pollen.
Genetics - 1 Mar 1996
Kamps T L, McCarty D R, Chase C D
Abstract excerpt
In Zea mays L. plants carrying the S-type of sterility-inducing cytoplasm, male fertility is determined by a gametophytic, nuclear restoration-of-fertility gene. Haploid pollen carrying the fertility-restoring allele (historically designated Rf3) is starch-filled and functional, whereas pollen carrying the nonrestoring allele (historically designated rf3) is shrunken and nonfunctional. Because restoration of...
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