The Genotype of the Endosperm and Embryo as It Influences Vivipary in Maize
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- Robertson, Donald S.
Abstract
The development of the maize seed is dependent on the orderly unfolding of events in which each component of the developing caryopsis has a particular role to play. The ultimate control of these events must depend upon numerous genes, which if altered will interfere with normal development. Many mutants of this type have been described, ranging from those which produce relatively slight alteration in the caryopsis to those which prevent practically all development. Among those producing relatively slight changes are mutants which give rise to premature germination. The seeds of these mutants develop normally until late in ontogeny. During the early dough stage the plumule begins to elongate, and the seeds germinate while still attached to the ear. Such mutants have been called viviparous.
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Copyright © 1952 by the National Academy of Sciences. Communicated by G.W. Beadle, May 13, 1952. This paper is based on work done at the experimental farm of the California Institute of Technology. I am indebted to Dr. E.G. Anderson for his advice and encouragement.Files
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- 9290
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- CaltechAUTHORS:ROBpnas52
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