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Development of cost-effective single nucleotide polymorphism marker assays for genetic diversity analysis in Brassica rapa
Competitive allele-specific PCR (KASPar) assay is a user-friendly system that provides flexibility in the numbers of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and genotypes. Based on Illumina-GA-IIx genomic data ...
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Map** and expression profiling reveal an inserted fragment from purple mustard involved anthocyanin accumulation in Chinese cabbage
Anthocyanins are the major pigments responsible for purple coloration in flowers, fruits and leaves, and the genes involved in their biosynthetic pathway have been identified in many plants. A purple-leaf Chin...
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Carotenoid identification and molecular analysis of carotenoid isomerase-encoding BrCRTISO, the candidate gene for inner leaf orange coloration in Chinese cabbage
In Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis), the locus associated with orange inner leaves has been mapped. The mechanism responsible for carotenoid pigment synthesis in orange inner leaves of Chinese c...