Cytoplasmic male sterility in mitochondrial genome. INTRODUCTION Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is thought to be encoded by the mitochondrial genome (Hanson and Conde, 1985; Pring and Lonsdale, 1985). , Vol. . . Study of the organization of the mitochondrial genome of cytoplasmic male . . Biosci. . . . Study of the organization of the mitochondrial genome of cytoplasmic male . into the nuclear or mitochondrial genomes . and mustards, the mutation causing male sterility is located in the mito... more