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SUBMITTER: Nakata K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8035154 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakata Kouki K Nagashima Hiroki H Inaba Natsuki N Yamashita Haruka H Shinozaki Yoshihito Y Kanekatsu Motoki M Marubashi Wataru W Yamada Tetsuya T
Scientific reports 20210409 1
Hybrid lethality is a type of reproductive isolation in which hybrids die before maturation, due to the interaction between the two causative genes derived from each of the hybrid parents. The interspecific hybrid of Nicotiana suaveolens × Nicotiana tabacum is a model plant used in studies on hybrid lethality. While most of the progeny produced from such a cross die, some individuals grow normally and mature. Separately, a technique for producing mature hybrids by artificial culture has been dev ...[more]