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High-resolution mapping of a fruit firmness-related quantitative trait locus in tomato reveals epistatic interactions associated with a complex combinatorial locus.
Plant physiology - 1 Aug 2012
Chapman Natalie H, Bonnet Julien, Grivet Laurent, Lynn James, Graham Neil, Smith Rebecca, Sun Guiping, Walley Peter G, Poole Mervin, Causse Mathilde, King Graham J, Baxter Charles, Seymour Graham B
Abstract excerpt
Fruit firmness in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is determined by a number of factors including cell wall structure, turgor, and cuticle properties. Firmness is a complex polygenic trait involving the coregulation of many genes and has proved especially challenging to unravel. In this study, a quantitative trait locus (QTL) for fruit firmness was mapped to tomato chromosome 2 using the Zamir Solanum pennellii...
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