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A single-nucleotide polymorphism causes smaller grain size and loss of seed shattering during African rice domestication.
Nature plants - 8 May 2017
Wu Wenguang, Liu Xiaoyun, Wang Muhua, Meyer Rachel S, Luo Xiaojin, Ndjiondjop Marie-Noelle, Tan Lubin, Zhang Jianwei, Wu Jianzhong, Cai Hongwei, Sun Chuanqing, Wang Xiangkun, Wing Rod A, Zhu Zuofeng
Abstract excerpt
Grain size is one of the most important components of grain yield and selecting large seeds has been a main target during plant domestication. Surprisingly, the grain of African cultivated rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud.) typically is smaller than that of its progenitor, Oryza barthii. Here we report the cloning and characterization of a quantitative trait locus, GL4, controlling the grain length on chromosome 4 in...
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