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The long and the short of it: SD1 polymorphism and the evolution of growth trait divergence in U.S. weedy rice.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2011
Reagon Michael, Thurber Carrie S, Olsen Kenneth M, Jia Yulin, Caicedo Ana L
Abstract excerpt
Growth-related traits, such as greater height, greater biomass, faster growth rate and early flowering, are thought to enhance competitiveness of agricultural weeds. However, weedy rice, a conspecific weed of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.), displays variation for growth traits. In the United States, separately evolved weedy rice groups have been shown to share genomic identity with exotic domesticated...
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