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The oil palm SHELL gene controls oil yield and encodes a homologue of SEEDSTICK.
Nature - 15 Aug 2013
Singh Rajinder, Low Eng-Ti Leslie, Ooi Leslie Cheng-Li, Ong-Abdullah Meilina, Ting Ngoot-Chin, Nagappan Jayanthi, Nookiah Rajanaidu, Amiruddin Mohd Din, Rosli Rozana, Manaf Mohamad Arif Abdul, Chan Kuang-Lim, Halim Mohd Amin, Azizi Norazah, Lakey Nathan, Smith Steven W, Budiman Muhammad A, Hogan Michael, Bacher Blaire, Van Brunt Andrew, Wang Chunyan, Ordway Jared M, Sambanthamurthi Ravigadevi, Martienssen Robert A
Abstract excerpt
A key event in the domestication and breeding of the oil palm Elaeis guineensis was loss of the thick coconut-like shell surrounding the kernel. Modern E. guineensis has three fruit forms, dura (thick-shelled), pisifera (shell-less) and tenera (thin-shelled), a hybrid between dura and pisifera. The pisifera palm is usually female-sterile. The tenera palm yields far more oil than dura, and is the basis for...
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