Cell death and cell protection genes determine the fate of pistils in maize.

doi:10.1242/dev.126.3.435

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Cell death and cell protection genes determine the fate of pistils in maize.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 1999

Calderon-Urrea A, Dellaporta S L

Abstract excerpt

The formation of unisexual flowers in maize requires the selective elimination and sexual maturation of floral organs in an initially bisexual floral meristem. Elimination of pistil primordia occurs in the primary and secondary florets of the tassel spikelets, and in the secondary florets of ear...

Topics

Cell Death
Epistasis, Genetic
Genes, Plant
In Situ Hybridization
Phenotype
Plant Proteins
Plant Shoots
RNA, Plant
Sex Determination Processes
Zea mays

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