Fine Mapping and Candidate Gene Analysis of the Leaf-Color Gene ygl-1 in Maize.

A novel yellow-green leaf mutant yellow-green leaf-1 (ygl-1) was isolated in self-pollinated progenies from the cross of maize inbred lines Ye478 and Yuanwu02. The mutant spontaneously showed yellow-green character throughout the lifespan. Meanwhile, the mutant reduced contents of chlorophyll and Ca...

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Main Authors: Haiying Guan, Xiangbo Xu, Chunmei He, Chunxiao Liu, Qiang Liu, Rui Dong, Tieshan Liu, Liming Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4839758?pdf=render