Functional analysis of DUO1 (IMAGE)

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Functional analysis of DUO1

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A-B: Brachypodium distachyon wild type (A) with four spikelets on the main spike; mutant (B) with eight spikelets. C-G show the role of this gene in wheat. C: wheat variety Fielder spike type. D: duo1 mutant spike type. E: wheat variety Fielder bearing one spikelet per rachis node. F: mutant bearing three spikelets per rachis node. G: Anatomy of the spike of F. H-I: Comparison of the number of grains in the main spike between wild type Fielder and muant, and the number of grains in the mutant spike is significantly higher.

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