Comparative Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genomes of Nicotiana tabacum: Hints Toward the Key Factors Closely Related to the Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Mechanism

BackgroundCytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a complex phenomenon of plant sterility that can produce non-functional pollen. It is caused by mutation, rearrangement or recombination in the mitochondrial genome. So far, the systematic structural characteristics of the changes in the mitochondrial ge...

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Main Authors: Ruyi Wang, Xunhui Cai, Shengnan Hu, Ying Li, Yanjun Fan, Siqiao Tan, Qiyuan Liu, Wei Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2020.00257/full