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Beak-shaped grain 1/TRIANGULAR HULL 1, a DUF640 gene, is associated with grain shape, size and weight in rice.
Science China. Life sciences - 1 Mar 2013
Yan Dawei, Zhou Ya, Ye Shenghai, Zeng Longjun, Zhang Xiaoming, He Zuhua
Abstract excerpt
Grain shape and size both determine grain weight and therefore crop yield. However, the molecular mechanisms controlling grain shape and size are still largely unknown. Here, we isolated a rice mutant, beak-shaped grain1 (bsg1), which produced beak-shaped grains of decreased width, thickness and weight with a loosely interlocked lemma and palea that were unable to close tightly. Starch granules were also...
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