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Fine Mapping of Virescent Leaf Gene v-1 in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).
International journal of molecular sciences - 22 Sept 2016
Miao Han, Zhang Shengping, Wang Min, Wang Ye, Weng Yiqun, Gu Xingfang
Abstract excerpt
Leaf color mutants are common in higher plants that can be used as markers in crop breeding or as an important tool in understanding regulatory mechanisms in chlorophyll biosynthesis and chloroplast development. In virescent leaf mutants, young leaves are yellow in color, which gradually return to normal green when the seedlings grow large. In the present study, we conducted phenotypic characterization and...
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