Unraveling the genetic architecture of grain size in einkorn wheat through linkage and homology mapping, and transcriptomic profiling
Kang Yu, Dongcheng Liu, Yong Chen, Dongzhi Wang, Wenlong Yang, Wei Cheng Yang, Lixin Yin, Chi Zhang, Shancen Zhao, Jiazhu Sun, Chunming Liu, Aimin Zhang
The paper identifies 17 genomic regions and 42 QTL associated with grain size in einkorn wheat using linkage mapping and RNA-seq, highlighting starch biosynthesis as key.
Journal of Experimental Botany · May 22, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics