Transposon Tagging of a Male-Sterility, Female-Sterility Gene, St8, Revealed that the Meiotic MER3 DNA Helicase Activity Is Essential for Fertility in Soybean

• Jordan Baumbach,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

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• Ramesh N. Pudake,

  Current address: Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, UP 201303, India

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

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• Callie Johnson,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America

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• Kaylin Kleinhans,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America

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• Alexandrea Ollhoff,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America

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• Reid G. Palmer,

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

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• Madan K. Bhattacharyya ,

  * E-mail: devinder.sandhu@ars.usda.gov (DS); mbhattac@iastate.edu (MKB)

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

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• Devinder Sandhu

  * E-mail: devinder.sandhu@ars.usda.gov (DS); mbhattac@iastate.edu (MKB)

  Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America, USDA-ARS Salinity Lab., 450 W. Big Springs Rd., Riverside, California, 92507, United States of America

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