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Inheritance of kernel row number, a multicategorical threshold trait of maize ears.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 21 Sept 2011
Toledo F H R B, Ramalho M A P, Abreu G B, de Souza J C
Abstract excerpt
Information about the inheritance of threshold traits is scarce, especially in plants. We examined the genetic control of kernel row number in maize (Zea mays). Knowledge of this inheritance is especially important because it is a primary component of grain yield. This trait has a discontinuous distribution. Characters like these are conceptualized as threshold traits. Crosses were made between the inbred...
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