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QTLs for uniform grain dimensions and germination selected during wheat domestication are co-located on chromosome 4B.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jul 2016
Nave Moran, Avni Raz, Ben-Zvi Batsheva, Hale Iago, Distelfeld Assaf
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KEY MESSAGE: A major locus on the long arm of wheat chromosome 4B controls within-spikelet variation in both grain size and seed dormancy, the latter an important survival mechanism likely eliminated from wild wheat during domestication. Seed dormancy can increase the probability of survival of at least some progeny under unstable environmental conditions. In wild emmer wheat, only one of the two grains in a...
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