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Revisiting the Hetero-Fertilization Phenomenon in Maize 1,2 2 1,2 2 1,3 2 Shibin Gao , Raman Babu , Yanli Lu , Carlos Martinez , Zhuanfang Hao , Alan F. Krivanek , 4 1 2 2,4 Jiankang Wang , Tingzhao Rong , Jonathan Crouch , Yunbi Xu * ´ 1 Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China, 2 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico, 3 Institute of Crop Science, National Key Facilities for Crop Genetic Resources and Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, 4 Institute of Crop Science/ International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), National Key Facilities for Crop Genetic Resources and Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Abstract Development of a seed DNA-based genotyping system for marker-assisted selection (MAS) has provided a novel opportunity for understanding aberrant reproductive phenomena such as hetero-fertilization (HF) by observing the mismatch of endosperm and leaf genotypes in monocot species. In contrast to conventional approaches using specific morphological markers, this approach can be used for any population derived from diverse parental genotypes. A large- scale experiment was implemented using seven F2 populations and four three-way cross populations, each with 534 to 1024 individuals. The