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A single base change explains the independent origin of and selection for the nonshattering gene in African rice domestication.
The New phytologist - 1 Mar 2017
Win Khin Thanda, Yamagata Yoshiyuki, Doi Kazuyuki, Uyama Kazuhiro, Nagai Yasuko, Toda Yosuke, Kani Takahiro, Ashikari Motoyuki, Yasui Hideshi, Yoshimura Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Reduced seed shattering was a critical evolutionary step in crop domestication. Two cultivated rice species, Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima, were independently domesticated from the wild species Oryza rufipogon in Asia and Oryza barthii in Africa, respectively. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the c gene, which encodes a trihelix transcription factor, causes nonshattering in O. sativa. However, the...
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