Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

The identification of grain size genes by RapMap reveals directional selection during rice domestication

  • Juncheng Zhang,
  • Dejian Zhang,
  • Yawei Fan,
  • Cuicui Li,
  • Pengkun Xu,
  • Wei Li,
  • Qi Sun,
  • Xiaodong Huang,
  • Chunyu Zhang,
  • Linyue Wu,
  • Huaizhou Yang,
  • Shiyu Wang,
  • Xiaomin Su,
  • Xingxing Li,
  • Yingying Song,
  • Meng-en Wu,
  • Xingming Lian,
  • Yibo Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25961-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Cloning quantitative trait loci (QTL) in crops is often slow and laborious. Here, the authors describe RapMap, a method to rapidly clone multiple QTL based on F2 gradient populations coupled with a co-segregation standard, and show how it can be used to identify genes controlling grain size in rice.