An asymmetric allelic interaction drives allele transmission bias in interspecific rice hybrids

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 2501 - 10
• Main Authors: Xie, Yongyao, Tang, Jintao, Xie, Xianrong, Li, Xiaojuan, Huang, Jianle, Fei, Yue, Han, Jingluan, Chen, Shuifu, Tang, Huiwu, Zhao, Xiucai, Tao, Dayun, Xu, Peng, Liu, Yao-Guang, Chen, Letian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.06.2019; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 14/1; 14/19; 14/35; 38; 38/22; 38/91; 631/208/135; 631/449/2669; 631/449/2679/1489; 631/61/447/8; 82/80; 82/83; 96; Abortion; Alleles; Bias; Biological evolution; Chimera - genetics; Cloning; Crop production; Gametes; Gene Knockout Techniques; Genes; Genomics; Germ Cells, Plant; Heterosis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hybrids; Interspecific; Laboratories; multidisciplinary; Oryza - genetics; Oryza sativa; Plant Infertility - genetics; Plant Proteins - genetics; Protectors; Recombination; Rice; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sterility

Hybrid sterility (HS) between Oryza sativa (Asian rice) and O . glaberrima (African rice) is mainly controlled by the S1 locus. However, our limited understanding of the HS mechanism hampers utilization of the strong interspecific heterosis. Here, we show that three closely linked genes ( S1A4 , S1T...