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Intricate environment-modulated genetic networks control isoflavone accumulation in soybean seeds.
BMC plant biology - 11 Jun 2010
Gutierrez-Gonzalez Juan J, Wu Xiaolei, Gillman Jason D, Lee Jeong-Dong, Zhong Rui, Yu Oliver, Shannon Grover, Ellersieck Mark, Nguyen Henry T, Sleper David A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Soybean (Glycine max [L] Merr.) seed isoflavones have long been considered a desirable trait to target in selection programs for their contribution to human health and plant defense systems. However, attempts to modify seed isoflavone contents have not always produced the expected results because their genetic basis is polygenic and complex. Undoubtedly, the extreme variability that seed isoflavones...
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