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DEP1 gene in wheat species with normal, compactoid and compact spikes.
BMC genetics - 28 Dec 2017
Vavilova Valeriya, Konopatskaia Irina, Kuznetsova Anastasia E, Blinov Alexandr, Goncharov Nikolay P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In rice, a variant of DEP1 gene results in erect panicle architecture, well-developed vascular bundles, an increase in the number of grains per panicle and a consequent increase in the grain yield. Interestingly, DEP1 homologs are present in the other cereals including species of wheat and barley (Hordeum vulgare), even though they do not produce panicles but spikes. In barley, HvDEP1 alleles do not...
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