Allelic and haplotypic diversity at the rp1 rust resistance locus of maize.
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SUBMITTER: Smith SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1471013 | biostudies-other | 2004 Aug
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Allelic and haplotypic diversity at the rp1 rust resistance locus of maize.
Smith Shavannor M SM Pryor Anthony J AJ Hulbert Scot H SH
Genetics 20040801 4
The maize Rp1 rust resistance locus is a complex consisting of a family of closely related resistance genes. The number of Rp1 paralogs in different maize lines (haplotypes) varied from a single gene in some stocks of the inbred A188 to >50 genes in haplotypes carrying the Rp1-A and Rp1-H specificities. The sequences of paralogs in unrelated haplotypes differ, indicating that the genetic diversity of Rp1-related genes is extremely broad in maize. Two unrelated haplotypes with five or nine paralo ...[more]
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