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The Hairless Stem Phenotype of Cotton (Gossypium barbadense) Is Linked to a Copia-Like Retrotransposon Insertion in a Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper Gene (HD1).
Genetics - 1 Sept 2015
Ding Mingquan, Ye Wuwei, Lin Lifeng, He Shae, Du Xiongming, Chen Aiqun, Cao Yuefen, Qin Yuan, Yang Fen, Jiang Yurong, Zhang Hua, Wang Xiyin, Paterson Andrew H, Rong Junkang
Abstract excerpt
Cotton (Gossypium) stem trichomes are mostly single cells that arise from stem epidermal cells. In this study, a homeodomain-leucine zipper gene (HD1) was found to cosegregate with the dominant trichome locus previously designated as T1 and mapped to chromosome 6. Characterization of HD1 orthologs revealed that the absence of stem trichomes in modern Gossypium barbadense varieties is linked to a large...
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