Interpopulation differences of retroduplication variations (RDVs) in rice retrogenes and their phenotypic correlations.
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SUBMITTER: Zeng H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7811064 | biostudies-literature | 2021
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Interpopulation differences of retroduplication variations (RDVs) in rice retrogenes and their phenotypic correlations.
Zeng Haiyue H Chen Xingyu X Chen Xingyu X Li Hongbo H Zhang Jun J Wei Zhaoyuan Z Wang Yi Y
Computational and structural biotechnology journal 20210105
Retroduplication variation (RDV), a type of retrocopy polymorphism, is considered to have essential biological significance, but its effect on gene function and species phenotype is still poorly understood. To this end, we analyzed the retrocopies and RDVs in 3,010 rice genomes. We calculated the RDV frequencies in the genome of each rice population; detected the mutated, ancestral and expressed retrogenes in rice genomes; and analyzed their RDV influence on rice phenotypic traits. Collectively, ...[more]
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