A pollen selection system for alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative mutants in plants.
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چکیده
Exposure of freshly shed maize pollen to allyl alcohol vapors allows selective fertilization by mutant alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative grains. Wild-type pollen grains are killed by the enzymatic conversion of allyl alcohol to the highly toxic acrylaldehyde.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Genetics
دوره 83 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976