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. 1976 May;83(1):63-5.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/83.1.63.

A pollen selection system for alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative mutants in plants

D Schwartz  1 , J Osterman
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A pollen selection system for alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative mutants in plants

D Schwartz et al. Genetics. 1976 May.

Abstract

Exposure of freshly shed maize pollen to allyl alcohol vapors allows selective fertilization by mutant alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative grains. Wild-type pollen grains are killed by the enzymatic conversion of allyl alcohol to the highly toxic acrylaldehyde.

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