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Naturally occurring allele diversity allows potato cultivation in northern latitudes.
Nature - 14 Mar 2013
Kloosterman Bjorn, Abelenda José A, Gomez María del Mar Carretero, Oortwijn Marian, de Boer Jan M, Kowitwanich Krissana, Horvath Beatrix M, van Eck Herman J, Smaczniak Cezary, Prat Salomé, Visser Richard G F, Bachem Christian W B
Abstract excerpt
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) originates from the Andes and evolved short-day-dependent tuber formation as a vegetative propagation strategy. Here we describe the identification of a central regulator underlying a major-effect quantitative trait locus for plant maturity and initiation of tuber development. We show that this gene belongs to the family of DOF (DNA-binding with one finger) transcription factors and...
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