Reproductive ablation constructs

Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part – per se – Higher plant – seedling – plant seed – or plant part

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C800S269000, C800S287000, C800S319000, C800S288000, C435S199000, C536S023200, C536S023700, C536S024100

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to the regulation of reproductive development, particularly to the genetic ablation of reproductive tissues in angiosperm and gymnosperm species. Reproductive-preferred promoters, regulatory elements, and cytotoxic nucleotide sequences are disclosed herein, as are constructs and methods for genetic ablation.

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