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Marker-trait association analysis of functional gene markers for provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines

BACKGROUND: Biofortification of staple crops is a cost effective and sustainable approach that can help combat vitamin A and other micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries. PCR -based DNA markers distinguishing alleles of three key genes of maize endosperm carotenoid biosynthesis (PSY1, lc...

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Autores principales: Azmach, Girum, Gedil, Melaku, Menkir, Abebe, Spillane, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24373137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-13-227