The columnar mutation ("Co gene") of apple (Malus × domestica) is associated with an integration of a Gypsy-like retrotransposon

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 863-880

  Otto, Dominik ^a   Petersen, Romina ^a   Brauksiepe, Bastienne ^b   Braun, Peter ^b   Schmidt, Erwin R ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HOCHSCHULE GEISENHEIM UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apple columnar gene; Illumina; Leaf transcriptome; Map based cloning; RNA seq; Ty3 Gypsy retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

CLONING; FRUITS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PLANTS (BOTANY);

APPLE COLUMNAR GENE; COLUMNAR-GROWTH; GROWTH HABIT; ILLUMINA; LEAF TRANSCRIPTOME; MAP-BASED CLONING; RETROTRANSPOSON; RNA-SEQ; TRANSCRIPTOMES; TY3/GYPSY RETROTRANSPOSON;

RNA;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84896401403     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-013-0001-3     Document Type: Article

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