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Natural variation in teosinte at the domestication locus teosinte branched1 (tb1)

The teosinte branched1(tb1) gene is a major QTL controlling branching differences between maize and its wild progenitor, teosinte. The insertion of a transposable element (Hopscotch) upstream of tb1 is known to enhance the gene’s expression, causing reduced tillering in maize. Observations of the ma...

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Autores principales: Vann, Laura, Kono, Thomas, Pyhäjärvi, Tanja, Hufford, Matthew B., Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25909039
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.900