Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 10 [Hardcover]

1 Dedication: Ernest Robert Sears (191D-1991) Geneticist par Excellence, Cytogeneticist Extraordinaire, and a Good Man (George P. Redei).

2 Molecular Biology of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (Mark E. Williams and Charles S. Levings, III).

I. Introduction.

II. Plant Mitrochondria.

III. cms-T of Maize.

IV. Chimeric DNA Sequences Associated with CMS.

V. Correlation of the T-urf13 and pcf Genes with Male Sterility.

VI. Restorer Genes.

VII. Mechanisms of CMS.

VIII. Epilogue.

Literature Cited.

3 Plant Metabolism and Heterosis (David Rhodes, Grace C. Iu, Wen-Iu Yang, and Yiannis Samaras).

I. Introduction.

II. Genetic Models of Heterosis.

III. The Metabolic Balance and Physiological Bottleneck Concepts of Heterosis.

IV. The Metabolic Basis of Dominance.

V. Genetic and Metabolic Distance.

VI. Concluding Discussion.

Literature Cited.

4 Lethal Equivalents and Genetic Load (Neil O. Anderson, Peter D. Ascher, and Richard E. Widmer).

I. Introduction.

II. Lethal Equivalents and Genetic Diversity.

III. Comparisons Between Formulae Using Multiple Inbred Generations.

IV. Lethal Equivalents as Predictive Tools for Inbred Line Development.

V. Implications.