fw2.2: a quantitative trait locus key to the evolution of tomato fruit size.
Science
; 289(5476): 85-8, 2000 Jul 07.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10884229
ABSTRACT
Domestication of many plants has correlated with dramatic increases in fruit size. In tomato, one quantitative trait locus (QTL), fw2.2, was responsible for a large step in this process. When transformed into large-fruited cultivars, a cosmid derived from the fw2.2 region of a small-fruited wild species reduced fruit size by the predicted amount and had the gene action expected for fw2.2. The cause of the QTL effect is a single gene, ORFX, that is expressed early in floral development, controls carpel cell number, and has a sequence suggesting structural similarity to the human oncogene c-H-ras p21. Alterations in fruit size, imparted by fw2.2 alleles, are most likely due to changes in regulation rather than in the sequence and structure of the encoded protein.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Proteínas de Plantas
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Genes de Plantas
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Solanum lycopersicum
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Característica Quantitativa Herdável
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Science
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos