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A Rare SNP Identified a TCP Transcription Factor Essential for Tendril Development in Cucumber.
Molecular plant - 7 Dec 2015
Wang Shenhao, Yang Xueyong, Xu Mengnan, Lin Xingzhong, Lin Tao, Qi Jianjian, Shao Guangjin, Tian Nana, Yang Qing, Zhang Zhonghua, Huang Sanwen
Abstract excerpt
Rare genetic variants are abundant in genomes but less tractable in genome-wide association study. Here we exploit a strategy of rare variation mapping to discover a gene essential for tendril development in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). In a collection of >3000 lines, we discovered a unique tendril-less line that forms branches instead of tendrils and, therefore, loses its climbing ability. We hypothesized that...
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