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Additive and over-dominant effects resulting from epistatic loci are the primary genetic basis of heterosis in rice.
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 Apr 2009
Luo Xiaojin, Fu Yongcai, Zhang Peijiang, Wu Shuang, Tian Feng, Liu Jiayong, Zhu Zuofeng, Yang Jinshui, Sun Chuanqing
Abstract excerpt
A set of 148 F9 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was developed from the cross of an indica cultivar 93-11 and japonica cultivar DT713, showing strong F1 heterosis. Subsequently, two backcross F1 (BCF1) populations were constructed by backcrossing these 148 RILs to two parents, 93-11 and DT713. The...
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