Genetic basis of phenotypic variation in fruit size in the tomato
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Genetic basis of phenotypic variation in fruit size in the tomato
This photo shows the phenotypic effect of a cosmid that contains the small-fruit allele of the fw2.2 transgene in the Mogeor cultivar of L. esculentum. The fruit on the left is a tomato from the Mogeor line. When the same line carries a partially recessive large-fruit allele of fw2.2 on a transgene, the weight of the fruit is reduced (right) on average by 15.5 grams.
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How would you build a "better" tomato? Most likely, you'd select for genes in multiple locations—or quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Knowledge of QTLs is extremely valuable to crop scientists.
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