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. 2016 Oct 28;2(10):e1600991. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600991

Fig. 3. sk1 gain-of-function pistillate phenotype in transgenic maize.

Fig. 3

(A) Wild-type maize terminal inflorescence (left) and 35S::SK1ΔSVL:Citrine:SVL maize terminal inflorescence (right). The 35S::SK1ΔSVL:Citrine:SVL transgenic maize T0 plants display a pistillate phenotype, where the tassel inflorescence is completely feminized. (B) Representative T1 plants segregating for the presence and absence of the 35S::SK1ΔSVL:Citrine:SVL transgene. All plants displaying a pistillate phenotype tested positive for the presence of the transgene (see fig. S4). (C) Box plot summarizing the distribution of OPDA and JA in T1 plants segregating for the 35S::SK1ΔSVL:Citrine:SVL transgene. Jasmonates were measured in the staminate terminal inflorescence of plants without the transgene (+/+) and in the pistillate terminal inflorescence of plants containing the 35S::SK1ΔSVL:Citrine:SVL transgene (SK1-CIT/+). Open circles represent individual measurements. Whiskers extend to minimum and maximum values. FW, fresh weight.