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Contrasting modes for loss of pungency between cultivated and wild species of Capsicum.
Heredity - 1 May 2010
Stellari G M, Mazourek M, Jahn M M
Abstract excerpt
Studies documenting the inheritance of pungency or 'heat' in pepper (Capsicum spp.) have revealed that mutations at a single locus, Pun1, are responsible for loss of pungency in cultivars of the two closely related species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum chinense. In this study, we present the identification of an unreported null allele of Pun1 from a non-pungent accession of Capsicum frutescens, the third species...
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