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Structure and Origin of the White Cap Locus and Its Role in Evolution of Grain Color in Maize

Selection for yellow- and white-grain types has been central to postdomestication improvement of maize. While genetic control of carotenoid biosynthesis in endosperm is attributed primarily to the Yellow1 (Y1) phytoene synthase gene, less is known about the role of the dominant white endosperm facto...

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Autores principales: Tan, Bao-Cai, Guan, Jiahn-Chou, Ding, Shuo, Wu, Shan, Saunders, Jonathan W., Koch, Karen E., McCarty, Donald R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Genetics Society of America 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28159756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.198911