Mitochondrial DNA modifications associated with cytoplasmic male sterility in rice
H Mignouna1, S S Virmani, M Briquet
1Laboratoire d'Etude de l'Hérédité Cytoplasmique, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud, 1, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Abstract:
Mitochondrial DNA was isolated from fertile and cytoplasmic male sterile lines of rice. Restriction analysis showed specific modifications in the male sterile cytoplasm. In addition to the major mitochondrial DNA, three small plasmid-like DNA molecules were detected by agarose gel electrophoresis in both cytoplasms. An additional molecule was specifically found in the sterile cytoplasm. These mitochondrial DNA modifications support the hypothesis of the mitochondrial inheritance of the cytoplasmic male sterility in rice.
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