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MinireviewMicroRNA, sex determination and floral meristem determinacy in maizeJo Ann Banks  Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA  author email corresponding author email
Genome Biology 2008,
9:204doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-1-204
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30 January 2008 |
Subject areas: Development, Genetics, Plant biology Abstract
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. | 
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