| 单词 | cytoplasmic male sterility |
| 释义 | > as lemmascytoplasmic male sterility cytoplasmic male sterility n. Botany the inability of a plant to produce viable pollen occurring as a result of maternally transmitted cytoplasmic factors. ΚΠ 1931 M. M. Rhoades in Science 27 Mar. 340/2 Cytoplasmic inheritance of male sterility in Zea mays.] 1941 New Phytologist 40 63 Cytoplasmic male sterility is an outbreeding mechanism particularly sensitive to changes in the hybridity requirements of a species. 1984 Adv. Genetics 22 67 Diversity in mtDNA [= mitochondrial DNA] is found in races of maize carrying mutations for cytoplasmic male sterility. 2003 Sunflower Oct.–Nov. 17/1 The breeding process involves ‘cytoplasmic male sterility’, a means of controlling pollination so that only the desired cross is obtained, and selfing of the seed parent is eliminated. < as lemmas |
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