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Chicken or egg? The evolutionary riddle of CMS and Rf in plants
Peilin Wang1, Zhe Zhao2, Qibin Wu1, Yaoguang Liu2* and Youxiong Que1*
- 1. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572024, China
2. Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Precise Breeding of Future Crops, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
*Correspondences: Youxiong Que (queyouxiong@126.com, Dr. Que is fully responsible for the distribution of all materials associated with this article); Yaoguang Liu (ygliu@scau.edu.cn)
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Received:2026-03-25
Accepted:2026-04-27
Online:2026-05-13
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Supported by:This work was funded by the Innovation Team of National Tropical Agricultural Science Center (CATASCXTD202402), Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (326MS0380), Project of State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding (NKLTCBCXTD24 and NKLTCBCXTD38), China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA (CARS‐17), and Invigoration of the Seed Industry of Guangdong Province (2024‐NPY‐00‐044).