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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Oryza sativa
SUBMITTER: Rongrong Zhai
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-41797 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Zhai Rongrong R Feng Yue Y Wang Huimin H Zhan Xiaodeng X Shen Xihong X Wu Weiming W Zhang Yingxin Y Chen Daibo D Dai Gaoxing G Yang Zhanlie Z Cao Liyong L Cheng Shihua S
BMC genomics 20130116
<h4>Background</h4>Heterosis is a phenomenon in which hybrids exhibit superior performance relative to parental phenotypes. In addition to the heterosis of above-ground agronomic traits on which most existing studies have focused, root heterosis is also an indispensable component of heterosis in the entire plant and of major importance to plant breeding. Consequently, systematic investigations of root heterosis, particularly in reproductive-stage rice, are needed. The recent advent of RNA sequen ...[more]