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Uncovering hidden variation in polyploid wheat.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Feb 2017
Krasileva Ksenia V, Vasquez-Gross Hans A, Howell Tyson, Bailey Paul, Paraiso Francine, Clissold Leah, Simmonds James, Ramirez-Gonzalez Ricardo H, Wang Xiaodong, Borrill Philippa, Fosker Christine, Ayling Sarah, Phillips Andrew L, Uauy Cristobal, Dubcovsky Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Comprehensive reverse genetic resources, which have been key to understanding gene function in diploid model organisms, are missing in many polyploid crops. Young polyploid species such as wheat, which was domesticated less than 10,000 y ago, have high levels of sequence identity among subgenomes that mask the effects of recessive alleles. Such redundancy reduces the probability of selection of favorable...
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