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Inheritance of the number and thickness of cell layers in barley aleurone tissue (Hordeum vulgare L.): an approach using F2-F3 progeny.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 May 2008
Jestin Louis, Ravel Catherine, Auroy Sylvie, Laubin Bastien, Perretant Marie-Reine, Pont Caroline, Charmet Gilles
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The aleurone tissue of cereal grains, nutritionally rich in minerals and vitamins, is an important target for the improvement of cereals. Inheritance of the thickness and the number of cell layers in barley aleurone was studied on the F2-F3 progeny of an Erhard Frederichen x Criolla Negra cross in which the parental lines have three or two aleurone layers, respectively. F3 grain was sampled from each F2 plant and...
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