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A natural mutation in rc reverts white-rice-pericarp to red and results in a new, dominant, wild-type allele: Rc-g.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Aug 2008
Brooks Steven A, Yan Wengui, Jackson Aaron K, Deren Christopher W
Abstract excerpt
The Rc locus regulates pigmentation of the rice bran layer, and selection for the rc allele (white pericarp) occurred during domestication of the crop. White bran is now ubiquitous among cultivated varieties throughout rice growing regions of the world. We identified a new allele that arose by natural mutation within the rc pseudogene of the cultivar 'Wells'. The mutation restored the reading frame of the gene,...
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