Relationship, evolutionary fate and function of two maize co-orthologs of rice GW2 associated with kernel size and weight.

Q, Li; L, Li; X, Yang; ML, Warburton; G, Bai; J, Dai; J, Li; J, Yan

doi:10.1186/1471-2229-10-143

Public

Relationship, evolutionary fate and function of two maize co-orthologs of rice GW2 associated with kernel size and weight.

Shared by NobleBlocks on Jul 14, 2010 • 12:00 AM UTC

Authors:

Li Q

Li L

Yang X

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>In rice, the GW2 gene, found on chromosome 2, controls grain width and weight. Two homologs of this gene, ZmGW2-CHR4 and ZmGW2-CHR5, have been found in maize. In this study, we investigated the relationship, evolutionary fate and putative function of these two maize genes.<h4>Resu...

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!