Highly expressed maize pollen genes display coordinated expression with neighboring transposable elements and contribute to pollen fitness
C. Warman, K. Panda, Z. Vejlupkova, S. Hokin, E. Unger-Wallace, R. A. Cole, A. M. Chettoor, D. Jiang, E. Vollbrecht, M. M. Evans, R. K. Slotkin, J. E. Fowler
This study identifies coordinated expression between highly expressed maize pollen genes and neighboring transposable elements, showing a link between transcript levels and pollen fitness.
bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2019Plant Biology