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A method for identification of the expression mode and mapping of QTL underlying embryo-specific characters.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Hu Zhiqiu, Wang Xuefeng, Xu Chenwu
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Embryos of crop seeds are one of the major sources of the plant protein and lipid for human nutrition. The genetic expression for embryo-specific characters in crop seeds can be controlled exclusively by the embryo or the maternal genotypes and sometimes by both simultaneously. However, current methods for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) underlying characters of maternal plants have not been effective in...
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