Germination of pollen from eIF3h+; FTL567/eif3h−; + heterozygous parents.

Results from four plants are shown. The map distance between eIF3h+ and FTL567 is ∼1.5 cM. Germinating pollen tubes were biased toward eIF3h+; for each plant, the deviation from a 1∶1 segregation was significant at P−6 by Chi-square test. In contrast, the ‘Total’ ratios did not deviate from 1∶1 (P>0.05). Plants producing tetrads (#4, qrt1/qrt1) behaved identical to plants that did not. Results with an FTL transgene that is not linked to eIF3h are given for comparison (FTL800).