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SUBMITTER: Liu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6904753 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Hongjun H Huang Yongcai Y Li Xiaohan X Wang Haihai H Ding Yahui Y Kang Congbin C Sun Mingfei M Li Fangyuan F Wang Jiechen J Deng Yiting Y Yang Xuerong X Huang Xing X Gao Xiaoyan X Yuan Lingling L An Dong D Wang Wenqin W Holding David R DR Wu Yongrui Y
Communications biology 20191210
Copy number variation (CNV) is a major source of genetic variation and often contributes to phenotypic variation in maize. The duplication at the <i>27-kDa γ-zein</i> locus (<i>qγ27</i>) is essential to convert soft endosperm into hard endosperm in quality protein maize (QPM). This duplication is unstable and generally produces CNV at this locus. We conducted genetic experiments designed to directly measure DNA rearrangement frequencies occurring in males and females of different genetic backgro ...[more]