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Distribution of SUN, OVATE, LC, and FAS in the tomato germplasm and the relationship to fruit shape diversity.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2011
Rodríguez Gustavo R, Muños Stéphane, Anderson Claire, Sim Sung-Chur, Michel Andrew, Causse Mathilde, Gardener Brian B McSpadden, Francis David, van der Knaap Esther
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic diversity within cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is particularly evident for fruit shape and size. Four genes that control tomato fruit shape have been cloned. SUN and OVATE control elongated shape whereas FASCIATED (FAS) and LOCULE NUMBER (LC) control fruit locule number and flat shape. We investigated the distribution of the fruit shape alleles in the tomato germplasm and evaluated their...
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