Spatial inheritance patterns across maize ears are associated with alleles that reduce pollen fitness
Diana Ruggiero, Michelle Bang, Marilyn Leary, Harrison Flieg, Luis Garcia-Lamas, Zuzana Vejlupkova, Molly S. Megraw, Duo Jiang, Samuel Leiboff, John E. Fowler
The paper shows pollen fitness alleles in maize affect spatial inheritance patterns across ears, with non-Mendelian transmission trends observed in specific mutants.
The Plant Journal · Mar 1, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology