Browsing University of Missouri-Columbia by Thesis Advisor "Newton, Kathleen J."
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Investigations into the cause of pollen abortion in maize CMS-C
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Cytoplasmic male sterility type C (CMS-C) is atypical compared to other CMS types as no novel chimeric transcript or protein has been found correlating with the phenotype. However, a tassel-specific decrease for both ATP6 ... -
Localization of the Rf3 restorer-of-fertility gene for maize S-type cytoplasmic male sterility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Maize S-type cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS-S) is a maternally inherited trait that prevents pollen grains from developing to maturity. CMS-S is associated with the high levels of a novel mitochondrial transcript, ... -
Mitochondrial DNA insertions in the nuclear genomes of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Mitochondria were derived from once free--living [alpha]-proteobacteria and became part of eukaryotic cells through endosymbiosis (Kleine et al. 2009). ...