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- Title
Genetics: Appendages of note.
- Abstract
The article provides information on a study conducted by Abdelhafid Bendahmane of the National Institute for Agronomic Research in Evry, France and his colleagues which aims to expose the genetic mechanism behind the trait of the Cucumis melon which is called andromonoecy. Andromonoecy is a curious trait of flowering plants that allows them to grow both male and hermaphrodite flowers. The researchers found that andromonoecy results from a single base change in a gene that encodes an enzyme involved in the production of a hormone termed as ethylene. Ethylene inhibits the development of the male sex organ of a plant. Two copies of the altered gene are said to be present with the andromonoecious melons which consequently produce less enzyme.
- Subjects
EVRY (Essonne, France); ESSONNE (France); FRANCE; DEVELOPMENTAL biology; PLANT genetics; GENETIC research; MUSKMELON; PLANT sex hormones; ETHYLENE; BENDAHMANE, Abdelhafid; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 454, Issue 7206, p807
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/454807c