Comparative Transcriptome Analysis in Taraxacum koksaghyz to Identify Genes that Determine Root Volume and Root Length

The Russian dandelion (Taraxacum koksaghyz, family Asteraceae) produces large amounts of natural rubber in the laticifers of its roots. This species has been proposed as an alternative source of natural rubber to augment or partly replace the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) but domestication would...

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Main Authors: Annika Wieghaus, Kai-Uwe Roelfs, Richard M. Twyman, Dirk Prüfer, Christian Schulze Gronover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.784883/full