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Embryonal Control of Yellow Seed Coat Locus ECY1 Is Related to Alanine and Phenylalanine Metabolism in the Seed Embryo of Brassica napus.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 7 Apr 2016
Wang Fulin, He Jiewang, Shi Jianghua, Zheng Tao, Xu Fei, Wu Guanting, Liu Renhu, Liu Shengyi
Abstract excerpt
Seed coat color is determined by the type of pigment deposited in the seed coat cells. It is related to important agronomic traits of seeds such as seed dormancy, longevity, oil content, protein content and fiber content. In Brassica napus, inheritance of seed coat color is related to maternal effects and pollen effects (xenia effects). In this research we isolated a mutation of yellow seeded B. napus controlled...
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