The molecular basis of mutations at the Waxy locus from Amaranthus caudatus L.: Evolution of the waxy phenotype in three species of grain amaranth

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 511-520

  Park, Young Jun ^a   Nishikawa, Tomotaro ^a   Tomooka, Norihiko ^a   Nemoto, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a National Agriculture and Food Research Organization   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amaranth; Evolution; Starch; Waxy mutation

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); CYCLODEXTRINS; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMARANTH; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; CODING SEQUENCES; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MUTATIONS; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; MOLECULAR BASIS; MUTATION SITES; PERISPERM; WAXY MUTATION;

STARCH;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS;

EID: 84861727477     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-011-9640-4     Document Type: Article

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