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TOMATOMA: a novel tomato mutant database distributing Micro-Tom mutant collections.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Feb 2011
Saito Takeshi, Ariizumi Tohru, Okabe Yoshihiro, Asamizu Erika, Hiwasa-Tanase Kyoko, Fukuda Naoya, Mizoguchi Tsuyoshi, Yamazaki Yukiko, Aoki Koh, Ezura Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
The tomato is an excellent model for studies of plants bearing berry-type fruits and for experimental studies of the Solanaceae family of plants due to its conserved genetic organization. In this study, a comprehensive mutant tomato population was generated in the background of Micro-Tom, a dwarf, rapid-growth variety. In this and previous studies, a family including 8,598 and 6,422 M(2) mutagenized lines was...
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