Global dissemination of a single mutation conferring white pericarp in rice.

Global dissemination of a single mutation conferring white pericarp in rice.

Here we report that the change from the red seeds of wild rice to the white seeds of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) resulted from the strong selective sweep of a single mutation, a frame-shift deletion within the Rc gene that is found in 97.9% of white rice varieties today. A second mutation, also w...

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Main Authors: Megan T Sweeney, Michael J Thomson, Yong Gu Cho, Yong Jin Park, Scott H Williamson, Carlos D Bustamante, Susan R McCouch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1941752?pdf=render

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