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SUBMITTER: Ducrocq S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2787439 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ducrocq Sébastien S Giauffret Catherine C Madur Delphine D Combes Valérie V Dumas Fabrice F Jouanne Sophie S Coubriche Denis D Jamin Philippe P Moreau Laurence L Charcosset Alain A
Genetics 20091012 4
Flowering time is a major adaptive trait in plants and an important selection criterion for crop species. In maize, however, little is known about its molecular basis. In this study, we report the fine mapping and characterization of a major quantitative trait locus located on maize chromosome 10, which regulates flowering time through photoperiod sensitivity. This study was performed in near-isogenic material derived from a cross between the day-neutral European flint inbred line FV286 and the ...[more]