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SUBMITTER: Li D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC20608 | biostudies-literature | 1997 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li D D Blakey C A CA Dewald C C Dellaporta S L SL
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19970401 8
Cultivated maize (Zea mays) and several other members of the Tribe Andropogoneae produce unisexual florets. In maize, the formation of two staminate florets in each spikelet on the tassel and a single pistillate floret in each spikelet on the ear includes a pistil abortion process that requires the action of the TASSELSEED2 gene. In Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) the GYNOMONOECIOUS SEX FORM1 gene appears to perform a similar role in pistil abortion. These genes were shown to be homeol ...[more]