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Evidence for maternal control of seed size in maize from phenotypic and transcriptional analysis.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Mar 2016
Zhang Xia, Hirsch Candice N, Sekhon Rajandeep S, de Leon Natalia, Kaeppler Shawn M
Abstract excerpt
Seed size is an important component of grain yield and a key determinant trait for crop domestication. The Krug Yellow Dent long-term selection experiment for large and small seed provides a valuable resource to dissect genetic and phenotypic changes affecting seed size within a common genetic background. In this study, inbred lines derived from Krug Large Seed (KLS) and Krug Small Seed (KSS) populations and...
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