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SUBMITTER: Migicovsky Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5758599 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Migicovsky Zoë Z Li Mao M Chitwood Daniel H DH Myles Sean S
Frontiers in plant science 20180104
Apple (<i>Malus</i> spp.) is a widely grown and valuable fruit crop. Leaf shape is important for flowering in apple and may also be an early indicator for other agriculturally valuable traits. We examined 9,000 leaves from 869 unique apple accessions using linear measurements and comprehensive morphometric techniques. We identified allometric variation as the result of differing length-to-width aspect ratios between accessions and species of apple. The allometric variation was due to variation i ...[more]