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The potato R locus codes for dihydroflavonol 4-reductase.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2009
Zhang Yongfei, Cheng Shuping, De Jong Darlene, Griffiths Helen, Halitschke Rayko, De Jong Walter
Abstract excerpt
The potato R locus is required for the production of red pelargonidin-based anthocyanin pigments in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Red color also requires tissue-specific regulatory genes, such as D (for expression in tuber skin) and F (expression in flowers). A related locus, P, is required for production of blue/purple anthocyanins; P is epistatic to R. We have previously reported that the dihydroflavonol...
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