Natural variation in an ABC transporter gene associated with seed size evolution in tomato species.
Seed size is a key determinant of evolutionary fitness in plants and is a trait that often undergoes tremendous changes during crop domestication. Seed size is most often quantitatively inherited, and it has been shown that Sw4.1 is one of the most significant quantitative trait loci (QTLs) underlyi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2617763?pdf=render |