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Experimental Design for Laser Microdissection RNA-Seq: Lessons from an Analysis of Maize Leaf Development
Published on: March 5, 2017
MicroRNA, sex determination and floral meristem determinacy in maize
1Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. banksj@purdue.edu
Genome Biology
|February 8, 2008
Abstract:
Sex determination in the flowers of maize involves the abortion of stamen or pistil development. Recent work investigating genes that control this process reveals that a microRNA is involved in both the sex determination of the male inflorescence and its growth pattern.
