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Genome-wide association studies identify heavy metal ATPase3 as the primary determinant of natural variation in leaf cadmium in Arabidopsis thaliana.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2012
Chao Dai-Yin, Silva Adriano, Baxter Ivan, Huang Yu S, Nordborg Magnus, Danku John, Lahner Brett, Yakubova Elena, Salt David E
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Understanding the mechanism of cadmium (Cd) accumulation in plants is important to help reduce its potential toxicity to both plants and humans through dietary and environmental exposure. Here, we report on a study to uncover the genetic basis underlying natural variation in Cd accumulation in a world-wide collection of 349 wild collected Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. We identified a 4-fold variation (0.5-2 µg...
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