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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662114 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yanpei Y Zhang Zhanying Z Sun Xingming X Zhu Xiaoyang X Li Ben B Li Jinjie J Guo Haifeng H Chen Chao C Pan Yinghua Y Liang Yuntao Y Xu Zhijian Z Zhang Hongliang H Li Zichao Z
Plant biotechnology journal 20190309 8
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars harbour morphological and physiological traits different from those of wild rice (O. rufipogon Griff.), but the molecular mechanisms underlying domestication remain controversial. Here, we show that awn and long grain traits in the near-isogenic NIL-GLA are separately controlled by variations within the GLA (Grain Length and Awn Development) gene, a new allele of GAD1/RAE2, which encodes one member of the EFPL (epidermal patterning factor-like protein) family. Ha ...[more]