Structural variation in the Waxy gene and differentiation in foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.]: Implications for multiple origins of the waxy phenotype

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 214-222

  Fukunaga, K ^a,c   Kawase, M ^b   Kato, K ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop evolution; Foxtail millet; Insertion sequence; Setaria italica; Waxy gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SETARIA; SETARIA ITALICA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; SETARIA PLANT; STARCH SYNTHASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEMATODA; SETARIA ITALICA; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 0036460392     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-002-0728-8     Document Type: Article

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