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MicroRNA, sex determination and floral meristem determinacy in maize
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Correspondence: Jo A Banks banksj@purdue.edu
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
Genome Biology 2008, 9:204 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-1-204
Published: 30 January 2008Abstract
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.