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Loss of function at RAE2, a previously unidentified EPFL, is required for awnlessness in cultivated Asian rice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Aug 2016
Bessho-Uehara Kanako, Wang Diane R, Furuta Tomoyuki, Minami Anzu, Nagai Keisuke, Gamuyao Rico, Asano Kenji, Angeles-Shim Rosalyn B, Shimizu Yoshihiro, Ayano Madoka, Komeda Norio, Doi Kazuyuki, Miura Kotaro, Toda Yosuke, Kinoshita Toshinori, Okuda Satohiro, Higashiyama Tetsuya, Nomoto Mika, Tada Yasuomi, Shinohara Hidefumi, Matsubayashi Yoshikatsu, Greenberg Anthony, Wu Jianzhong, Yasui Hideshi, Yoshimura Atsushi, Mori Hitoshi, McCouch Susan R, Ashikari Motoyuki
Abstract excerpt
Domestication of crops based on artificial selection has contributed numerous beneficial traits for agriculture. Wild characteristics such as red pericarp and seed shattering were lost in both Asian (Oryza sativa) and African (Oryza glaberrima) cultivated rice species as a result of human selection on common genes. Awnedness, in contrast, is a trait that has been lost in both cultivated species due to selection...
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