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Title:		Sex-determining genes in the homosporous fern Ceratopteris
Author(s):		Banks JA;
Address:		"Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907"
Journal Title:		Development
Year:		1994
Volume:		120
Issue:		7
Page Number:		1949 - 1958
DOI:		10.1242/dev.120.7.1949
ISSN/ISBN:		0950-1991 (Print) 0950-1991 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Haploid Ceratopteris gametophytes are either hermaphroditic or male. The determinate of sex type is the pheromone antheridiogen (ACE) which is secreted by the meristic hermaphrodite and promotes ameristic male development of sexually undetermined gametophytes. Several mutations effecting the sex of the haploid gametophyte have been isolated and are described. The hermaphroditic (her) mutants are insensitive to ACE and develop as meristic hermaphrodites. These mutations effect ameristic male development in the presence of ACE but have no effect on hermaphroditic development. While most her mutations also have no effect on diploid sporophyte development, some partially ACE-insensitive her mutations have profound effects on sporophyte development. The transformer (tra) mutation effects both meristem and archegonia formation and causes the gametophyte to be an ameristic male under conditions that promote hermaphroditic development. The feminization (fem) mutation effects antheridia development in both male and hermaphroditic gametophytes and causes the gametophyte to develop as a meristic female in the absence or presence of the pheromone. The her1 tra1 double mutant is male in the absence or presence of ACE, indicating that tra1 is epistatic to her1. The phenotypes of her1, tra1 and fem1 single gene mutant phenotypes and the her1 tra1 double mutant phenotype are used to deduce a model suggesting how the products of these genes might interact in a regulatory pathway to control sex determination"
Keywords:		"Genes, Plant/*physiology Models, Genetic Mutation Phenotype Plants/*genetics Sex Attractants Sex Characteristics *Sex Determination Analysis;"
Notes:		"MedlineBanks, J A eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 1994/07/01 Development. 1994 Jul; 120(7):1949-58. doi: 10.1242/dev.120.7.1949"