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An investigation was carried out for two successive years to study a possible correlation between B chromosomes and male sterility in a strain of Plantago coronopus, obtained from France. Data based on a study of 40 plants (26 B chromosome carriers and 14 non-carriers) clearly showed a lack of any relationship between B chromosome and male sterility.
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Raghuvanshi, S., Kumar, G. No male sterility gene on B chromosomes in Plantago coronopus. Heredity 51, 429–433 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1983.53
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