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microRNA172 plays a crucial role in wheat spike morphogenesis and grain threshability.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jun 2017
Debernardi Juan Manuel, Lin Huiqiong, Chuck George, Faris Justin D, Dubcovsky Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Wheat domestication from wild species involved mutations in the Q gene. The q allele (wild wheats) is associated with elongated spikes and hulled grains, whereas the mutant Q allele (domesticated wheats) confers subcompact spikes and free-threshing grains. Previous studies showed that Q encodes an AP2-like transcription factor, but the causal polymorphism of the domestication traits remained unclear. Here, we...
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