Communications Biology (Dec 2020)

DEFECTIVE ENDOSPERM-D1 (Dee-D1) is crucial for endosperm development in hexaploid wheat

  • Natalia Tikhenko,
  • Ahmad M. Alqudah,
  • Lioudmilla Borisjuk,
  • Stefan Ortleb,
  • Twan Rutten,
  • DanDan Wu,
  • Manuela Nagel,
  • Axel Himmelbach,
  • Martin Mascher,
  • Marion S. Röder,
  • Martin W. Ganal,
  • Stefanie Sehmisch,
  • Andreas Houben,
  • Andreas Börner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01509-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Natalia Tikhenko et al. investigate the genetic contribution of the wheat chromosome 1D to its development and evolution. They find a novel locus, DEFECTIVE ENDOSPERM-D1, on the long arm of 1D that is required for normal endosperm development as its absence leads to non-viable grains and altered grain shape.