Major QTL for carrot color are positionally associated with carotenoid biosynthetic genes and interact epistatically in a domesticated × wild carrot cross

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1155-1169

  Just, Brian J ^a,b   Santos, Carlos A F ^a,c   Yandell, Brian S ^a,d   Simon, Philipp W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Seminis Vegetable Seeds   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; CANDIDATE GENES; CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION; CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CAROTENOID PIGMENTS; DIOXYGENASE GENES; HYDROXYLASES; LINKAGE GROUPS; PROVITAMIN A; QTL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN A; ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES;

PIGMENTS;

DAUCUS; DAUCUS CAROTA;

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARROT; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CAROTENOIDS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSES, GENETIC; DAUCUS CAROTA; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 73449136912     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1117-z     Document Type: Article

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