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A battle between genomes in plant male fertility

Nature Genetics volume 45, pages 472–473 (2013)Cite this article

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Analyses of a new male sterility gene from a well-known rice cytoplasmic sterile line reveal inhibition of a nucleus-encoded protein and counteractions by nuclear fertility restorer factors. The existence of these genes in wild rice populations suggests that they may confer selective advantages.

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Figure 1: Interactions of mitochondrion- and nucleus-encoded mitochondrial proteins confer male fertility or sterility.

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  1. Hong Ma is at the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and the Institute of Genetics, the Institute of Plant Biology, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,

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Ma, H. A battle between genomes in plant male fertility. Nat Genet 45, 472–473 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2618

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