Genome-wide association studies identified three independent polymorphisms associated with α-tocopherol content in maize kernels.

Genome-wide association studies identified three independent polymorphisms associated with α-tocopherol content in maize kernels.

Tocopherols are a class of four natural compounds that can provide nutrition and function as antioxidant in both plants and animals. Maize kernels have low α-tocopherol content, the compound with the highest vitamin E activity, thus, raising the risk of vitamin E deficiency in human populations rely...

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Main Authors: Qing Li, Xiaohong Yang, Shutu Xu, Ye Cai, Dalong Zhang, Yingjia Han, Lin Li, Zuxin Zhang, Shibin Gao, Jiansheng Li, Jianbing Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22615816/pdf/?tool=EBI

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