title: MicroRNA, sex determination and floral meristem determinacy in maize.
abstract: Sex determination in the flowers of maize involves the abortion of stamen or pistil development. Recent work investigating genes that control this process reveals that a microRNA is involved in both the sex determination of the male inflorescence and its growth pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. banksj@purdue.edu
authors.forename: Jo Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D056626:Inflorescence; D018519:Meristem; D035683:MicroRNAs; D019849:Sex Determination Processes; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs