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SUBMITTER: Ge L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098654 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ge Liangfa L Yu Jianbin J Wang Hongliang H Luth Diane D Bai Guihua G Wang Kan K Chen Rujin R
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20161017 44
Plant organs, such as seeds, are primary sources of food for both humans and animals. Seed size is one of the major agronomic traits that have been selected in crop plants during their domestication. Legume seeds are a major source of dietary proteins and oils. Here, we report a conserved role for the BIG SEEDS1 (BS1) gene in the control of seed size and weight in the model legume Medicago truncatula and the grain legume soybean (Glycine max). BS1 encodes a plant-specific transcription regulator ...[more]