Finally, we are also working to elucidate developmental and genetic mechanisms that operate during the gametophyte generations of maize. Current approaches to these questions include mutagenesis using maize tertiary trisomic lines and transposon genetics, and RNAseq transcriptome profiling of the gametophytes.

Funding: NSF Plant Genome Research Program – Award #0701731
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