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Increase in tomato locule number is controlled by two single-nucleotide polymorphisms located near WUSCHEL.
Plant physiology - 1 Aug 2011
Muños Stéphane, Ranc Nicolas, Botton Emmanuel, Bérard Aurélie, Rolland Sophie, Duffé Philippe, Carretero Yolande, Le Paslier Marie-Christine, Delalande Corinne, Bouzayen Mondher, Brunel Dominique, Causse Mathilde
Abstract excerpt
In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit, the number of locules (cavities containing seeds that are derived from carpels) varies from two to up to 10 or more. Locule number affects fruit shape and size and is controlled by several quantitative trait loci (QTLs). The large majority of the phenotypic variation is explained by two of these QTLs, fasciated (fas) and locule number (lc), that interact epistatically with...
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