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Cell Number Regulator1 affects plant and organ size in maize: implications for crop yield enhancement and heterosis.
The Plant cell - 1 Apr 2010
Guo Mei, Rupe Mary A, Dieter Jo Ann, Zou Jijun, Spielbauer Daniel, Duncan Keith E, Howard Richard J, Hou Zhenglin, Simmons Carl R
Abstract excerpt
Genes involved in cell number regulation may affect plant growth and organ size and, ultimately, crop yield. The tomato (genus Solanum) fruit weight gene fw2.2, for instance, governs a quantitative trait locus that accounts for 30% of fruit size variation, with increased fruit size chiefly due to increased carpel ovary cell number. To expand investigation of how related genes may impact other crop plant or organ...
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