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Genome-wide study on the polysomic genetic factors conferring plasticity of flower sexuality in hexaploid persimmon.
DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes - 1 Jun 2020
Masuda Kanae, Yamamoto Eiji, Shirasawa Kenta, Onoue Noriyuki, Kono Atsushi, Ushijima Koichiro, Kubo Yasutaka, Tao Ryutaro, Henry Isabelle M, Akagi Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Sexuality is one of the fundamental mechanisms that work towards maintaining genetic diversity within a species. In diploid persimmons (Diospyros spp.), separated sexuality, the presence of separate male and female individuals (dioecy), is controlled by the Y chromosome-encoded small-RNA gene, OGI. On the other hand, sexuality in hexaploid Oriental persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is more plastic, with OGI-bearing...
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