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Control of a key transition from prostrate to erect growth in rice domestication.
Nature genetics - 1 Nov 2008
Tan Lubin, Li Xianran, Liu Fengxia, Sun Xianyou, Li Chenggang, Zhu Zuofeng, Fu Yongcai, Cai Hongwei, Wang Xiangkun, Xie Daoxin, Sun Chuanqing
Abstract excerpt
The transition from the prostrate growth of ancestral wild rice (O. rufipogon Griff.) to the erect growth of Oryza sativa cultivars was one of the most critical events in rice domestication. This evolutionary step importantly improved plant architecture and increased grain yield. Here we find that prostrate growth of wild rice from Yuanjiang County in China is controlled by a semi-dominant gene, PROG1 (PROSTRATE...
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