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Evolutionary history of the NAM-B1 gene in wild and domesticated tetraploid wheat.
BMC genetics - 20 Dec 2017
Lundström Maria, Leino Matti W, Hagenblad Jenny
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The NAM-B1 gene in wheat has for almost three decades been extensively studied and utilized in breeding programs because of its significant impact on grain protein and mineral content and pleiotropic effects on senescence rate and grain size. First detected in wild emmer wheat, the wild-type allele of the gene has been introgressed into durum and bread wheat. Later studies have, however, also found...
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