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A POLLEN SELECTION SYSTEM FOR ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE-NEGATIVE MUTANTS IN PLANTS

  • Schwartz D
  • Osterman J
Genetics (1976) 83(1) 63-65
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/83.1.63
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Abstract

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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Schwartz, D., & Osterman, J. (1976). A POLLEN SELECTION SYSTEM FOR ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE-NEGATIVE MUTANTS IN PLANTS. Genetics, 83(1), 63–65. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/83.1.63

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