Localization of a new gene for bitterness in cucumber

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-139

  Zhang, Shengping ^a   Miao, Han ^a   Sun, Rifei ^a   Wang, Xiaowu ^a   Huang, Sanwen ^a   Wehner, Todd C ^b   Gu, Xingfang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus L.; Gene prediction; Inheritance; Marker assisted selection; Molecular marker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHROMOSOME 6; CUCUMBER; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CROSSES, GENETIC; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACINS; DNA PRIMERS; FRUIT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; LOD SCORE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 84871857131     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess075     Document Type: Article

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