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A genetic framework for grain size and shape variation in wheat.
The Plant cell - 1 Apr 2010
Gegas Vasilis C, Nazari Aida, Griffiths Simon, Simmonds James, Fish Lesley, Orford Simon, Sayers Liz, Doonan John H, Snape John W
Abstract excerpt
Grain morphology in wheat (Triticum aestivum) has been selected and manipulated even in very early agrarian societies and remains a major breeding target. We undertook a large-scale quantitative analysis to determine the genetic basis of the phenotypic diversity in wheat grain morphology. A high-throughput method was used to capture grain size and shape variation in multiple mapping populations, elite varieties,...
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