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A novel mutation conferring the nonbrittle phenotype of cultivated barley.
The New phytologist - 1 Apr 2017
Civáň Peter, Brown Terence A
Abstract excerpt
The nonbrittle rachis, resulting in a seed head which does not shatter at maturity, is one of the key phenotypes that distinguishes domesticated barley from its wild relatives. The phenotype is associated with two loci, Btr1 and Btr2, with all domesticated barleys thought to have either a 1 bp deletion in Btr1 or an 11 bp deletion in Btr2. We used a PCR genotyping method with 380 domesticated barley landraces to...
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