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A Gene for Genetic Background in Zea mays: Fine-Mapping enhancer of teosinte branched1.2 to a YABBY Class Transcription Factor.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2016
Yang Chin Jian, Kursel Lisa E, Studer Anthony J, Bartlett Madelaine E, Whipple Clinton J, Doebley John F
Abstract excerpt
The effects of an allelic substitution at a gene often depend critically on genetic background, i.e., the genotypes at other genes in the genome. During the domestication of maize from its wild ancestor (teosinte), an allelic substitution at teosinte branched (tb1) caused changes in both plant and ear architecture. The effects of tb1 on phenotype were shown to depend on multiple background loci, including one...
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