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Genetics, Vol 142, 1001-1007, Copyright © 1996
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Gametophyte Genetics in Zea mays L.: Dominance of a Restoration-of-Fertility Allele (Rf3) in Diploid Pollen
T. L. Kamps, D. R. McCarty and C. D. Chase
Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
In Zea mays L. plants carrying the S-type of sterility-inducing cytoplasm, male fertility is determined by a gametophytic, nuclear restoration-of-fertility gene. Haploid pollen carrying the fertility-restoring allele (historically designated Rf3) is starch-filled and functional, whereas pollen carrying the nonrestoring allele (historically designated rf3) is shrunken and nonfunctional. Because restoration of fertility occurs in haploid tissue, the dominance relationship of restoring and nonrestoring alleles is unknown. We have tested the dominance relationship of the restoring and nonrestoring alleles at the rf3 locus in diploid pollen. The meiotic mutant elongate was used to generate tetraploid plants carrying both Rf3 and rf3 alleles in the S cytoplasm. These plants shed predominantly starch-filled pollen, consistent with dominance of the restoring allele. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms linked to the rf3 locus demonstrated cotransmission of rf3 and Rf3 alleles through heterozygous diploid pollen, providing conclusive genetic evidence that the restoring allele is the dominant or functional form of this restoration-of-fertility gene. We suggest that other S-cytoplasm restorers result from loss-of-function mutations and propose analysis of unreduced gametes as a test of this model.
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