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Genetic and biochemical differences in populations bred for extremes in maize grain methionine concentration.
BMC plant biology - 19 Feb 2014
Newell Mark A, Vogel Karla E, Adams Marie, Aydin Nevzat, Bodnar Anastasia L, Ali Muhammad, Lauter Adrienne N Moran, Scott M Paul
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BACKGROUND: Methionine is an important nutrient in animal feed and several approaches have been developed to increase methionine concentration in maize (Zea mays L.) grain. One approach is through traditional breeding using recurrent selection. Using divergent selection, genetically related populations with extreme differences in grain methionine content were produced. In order to better understand the molecular...
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