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Nature Genetics 39, 583 - 584 (2007)
doi:10.1038/ng0507-583
A quantitative trait locus regulating rice grain width
Makoto Matsuoka1 & Motoyuki Ashikari1
- Makoto Matsuoka and Motoyuki Ashikari are in the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-0814, Japan. e-mail: makoto@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Abstract
Understanding the molecular genetic mechanisms governing agronomic traits such as grain yield is important for genetics as well as agriculture. A newly discovered quantitative trait locus, GW2, which encodes a new RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligase, has been found to regulate rice grain width. This insight should prove useful for improving the yield of staple grains.
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