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Molecular evidence on the origin and evolution of glutinous rice.
Genetics - 1 Oct 2002
Olsen Kenneth M, Purugganan Michael D
Abstract excerpt
Glutinous rice is a major type of cultivated rice with long-standing cultural importance in Asia. A mutation in an intron 1 splice donor site of the Waxy gene is responsible for the change in endosperm starch leading to the glutinous phenotype. Here we examine an allele genealogy of the Waxy locus to trace the evolutionary and geographical origins of this phenotype. On the basis of 105 glutinous and nonglutinous...
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