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Mitotic illegitimate recombination is a mechanism for novel changes in high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits in wheat-rye hybrids.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Yuan Zhongwei, Liu Dengcai, Zhang Lianquan, Zhang Li, Chen Wenjie, Yan Zehong, Zheng Youliang, Zhang Huaigang, Yen Yang
Abstract excerpt
Wide hybrids can have novel traits or changed expression of a quantitative trait that their parents do not have. These phenomena have long been noticed, yet the mechanisms are poorly understood. High-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) are seed storage proteins encoded by Glu-1 genes that only express in endosperm in wheat and its related species. Novel HMW-GS compositions have been observed in their...
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