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. 2018 Apr;30(4):739-740.
doi: 10.1105/tpc.18.00278. Epub 2018 Apr 6.

Shy Girl Gives Kiwifruit Male Flowers

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Shy Girl Gives Kiwifruit Male Flowers

Celine Caseys. Plant Cell. 2018 Apr.
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SyGI, a female sterility factor, evolved after gene duplication and evolution of a cis-motif in kiwifruit. A male promoting factor “M” remains unknown. (Reprinted from Akagi et al. [2018], Figure 7B.)
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