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Concerted evolution of D1 and D2 to regulate chlorophyll degradation in soybean.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2014
Fang Chao, Li Congcong, Li Weiyu, Wang Zheng, Zhou Zhengkui, Shen Yanting, Wu Mian, Wu Yunshuai, Li Guiquan, Kong Ling-An, Liu Cuimin, Jackson Scott A, Tian Zhixi
Abstract excerpt
Polyploidy is a common phenomenon, particularly in plants. The soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) genome has undergone two whole genome duplication (WGD) events. The conservation and divergence of duplicated gene pairs are major contributors to genome evolution. D1 and D2 are two unlinked, paralogous nuclear genes, whose double-recessive mutant (d1d1d2d2) results in chlorophyll retention, called 'stay-green'....
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