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NASC ID: N888
Name: Gemini Pollen1 (gem1)
ABRC stock number: CS888
Description: Embryo
Donation Date: 2000-07-01
| Donated by: | University of Leicester David Twell |
Donor Number: gem1-1
Stock type: individual line
Material type: seed
| Status | Price (£) |
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| Line requires bulking | £10.00 |
Germplasm Info
Seed type: Mutant
Mutagen: ethylmethane sulfonate
Background: Nossen
Pedigree: Three times backcrossed to witl-type Nossen
Segregation: Yes
Associated Polymorphisms
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Phenotype
gem1 affects post-meiotic cytokinesis of the microspore at pollen mitosis I, causing altered cell division asymmetry and cell fate. Equal daughter cells resulting from symmetric division at pollen mitosis I both show vegetative cell fate. This produces mature pollen with two 'vegetative' cells and no generative or sperm cells. About 20% of pollen from heterozygote plants show aberrant division phenotypes.
References
Park, S.K., Howden, R. & Twell, D. 1998. The Arabidopsis thaliana gametophytic mutation gemini pollen 1 disrupts microspore polarity, division asymmetry and pollen cell fate. Development 125(19): 3789-3799.PubMed ID: 9729487.