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Elucidation of Molecular Identity of the W3 Locus and Its Implication in Determination of Flower Colors in Soybean.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Park Gyu Tae, Sundaramoorthy Jagadeesh, Lee Jeong-Dong, Kim Jeong Hoe, Seo Hak Soo, Song Jong Tae
Abstract excerpt
The wide range of flower colors in soybean is controlled by six independent loci (W1, W2, W3, W4, Wm, and Wp). Among these loci, mutations in the W3 locus under the w4 allelic background (i.e., w3w4) produce near-white flowers, while the W3w4 genotype produces purple throat flowers. Although a gene encoding dihydroflavonol 4-reductase, DFR1, has been known to be closely associated with the W3 locus, its molecular...
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