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Disruption of MtREC8 Affects Pollen Viability and Fertility in Medicago truncatula.
Na Wang
Jin-Ting Cao
Yan Feng
Jin-Yu Du
Teng Jiang
Yi-Zhi Huang
Y. Pei
Jiang-Qi Wen
K. Mysore
Hui Wang
Hao Lin
Li-Fang Niu
Medicine
Abstract
This study identified two functionally redundant REC8 homologs ( MtREC8a and MtREC8b ) in the model legume Medicago truncatula ; single mutants are fertile while double mutants are sterile with nonviable pollen, confirming conserved REC8 function and laying the foundation for developing MiMe technology in M. truncatula and related legumes.