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The inhibitor of wax 1 locus (Iw1) prevents formation of β- and OH-β-diketones in wheat cuticular waxes and maps to a sub-cM interval on chromosome arm 2BS.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jun 2013
Adamski Nikolai M, Bush Maxwell S, Simmonds James, Turner Adrian S, Mugford Sarah G, Jones Alan, Findlay Kim, Pedentchouk Nikolai, von Wettstein-Knowles Penny, Uauy Cristobal
Abstract excerpt
Glaucousness is described as the scattering effect of visible light from wax deposited on the cuticle of plant aerial organs. In wheat, two dominant genes lead to non-glaucous phenotypes: Inhibitor of wax 1 (Iw1) and Iw2. The molecular mechanisms and the exact extent (beyond visual assessment) by which these genes affect the composition and quantity of cuticular wax is unclear. To describe the Iw1 locus we used a...
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