Molecular differentiation of null alleles at ZCCT-1 genes on the A, B, and D genomes of hexaploid wheat

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-510

  Zhu, Xinkai ^a,b   Tan, ChorTee ^a   Cao, Shuanghe ^a   Yan, Liuling ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Growth habit; Natural mutants; Polyploidy genomes; Vernalization; VRN 2 genes; Wheat genome evolution

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTROPHORESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

GENOME EVOLUTION; GROWTH HABIT; HEXAPLOID WHEAT; NATURAL MUTANTS; NULL ALLELES; POLYPLOIDY GENOME; VERNALIZATION; VRN-2 GENE; WHEAT GENOME EVOLUTION; WHEAT GENOMES;

GENES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 79953028420     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-010-9447-8     Document Type: Article

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