Journal article
Regulation of sex determination in maize
BioEssays, Vol.18(5), pp.363-369
05/1996
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180506
Abstract
Maize develops separate male and female flowers in different locations on a single plant. Male flowers develop at the tip of the shoot in the tassel, and female flowers develop on the ears, which terminate short branches. The development of male flowers in tassels and female flowers in ears is the result of selective abortion of pistils or stamens, respectively, in developing florets. Genetic analysis has shown that stamen abortion and pistil abortion are under the control of two different genetic pathways. Local levels of the plant hormone gibberellic acid determine whether or not stamens are suppressed. Pistil abortion is under the regulation of the tassel seed genes, one of which has been shown to encode a short‐chain alcohol dehydrogenase. The tassel seed genes play a role in regulating the fate of inflorescence meristems as well as pistil primordium fate.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Regulation of sex determination in maize
- Creators
- Erin E Irish
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- BioEssays, Vol.18(5), pp.363-369
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company; Hoboken
- DOI
- 10.1002/bies.950180506
- ISSN
- 0265-9247
- eISSN
- 1521-1878
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1996
- Academic Unit
- Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9983992082102771
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