Table 1

AtMIKC* mutations decrease competitive ability of pollen
Female
 Male
 n
 Allele
 TE
 χ2
Wild-type Col-0
 agl65/agl66/AGL66
 64
 agl66
 68
 2.25
agl65/agl66/AGL66
 Wild-type Col-0
 ND
 agl66
 ND
Wild-type Col-0
 agl104/agl65/AGL65
 61
 agl65
 65
 2.77*
agl104/agl65/AGL65
 Wild-type Col-0
 29
 agl65
 93
 0.03
Wild-type Col-0
 agl104/agl66/AGL66
 40
 agl66
 33
 10.00**
agl104/agl66/AGL66
 Wild-type Col-0
 ND
 agl66
 ND
Wild-type Col-0
 agl65/agl104/agl66/AGL66
 66
 agl66
 29
 19.64**
agl65/agl104/agl66/AGL66
 Wild-type Col-0
 58
 agl66
 107
 0.07

Reciprocal testcrosses were performed with plants homozygous for one or two AtMIKC* mutations, and heterozygous for another AtMIKC* mutation. The total number of progeny analyzed (n) and transmission efficiency (TE; expressed as percentage, as defined by Howden and coworkers [59]) of the segregating mutant allele relative to that of the wild-type allele are presented, together with the χ2 value for transmission in each cross. Significant differences are identified between transmission of mutant and wild-type alleles at *α = 0.10 and **α = 0.01. ND, not done.

Verelst et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R249   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-r249