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Comparison of the starch synthesis genes between maize and rice: copies, chromosome location and expression divergence.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Sept 2009
Yan Hong-Bo, Pan Xiao-Xue, Jiang Hua-Wu, Wu Guo-Jiang
Abstract excerpt
Gene duplication and divergence are important evolutionary processes. It has been suggested that a whole genome duplication (WGD) event occurred in the Gramineae, predating its divergence, and a second WGD occurred in maize during its evolution. In this study we compared the fate of the genes involved in the core pathway of starch biosynthesis following the ancient and second WGDs in maize and rice. In total,...
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