An adaptive path through jungle DNA

It has long been suspected that phenotypic diversity results, in large part, from variation in DNA regulatory sequences. A new study now shows that adaptive changes in an upstream regulatory sequence of tb1 are responsible for major phenotypic changes associated with maize domestication.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature genetics 2006-05, Vol.38 (5), p.506-507
1. Verfasser:	de Meaux, Juliette
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agriculture Animal Genetics and Genomics Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cancer Research Corn Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA DNA, Plant - genetics Domestication Evolution, Molecular Gene Function Genetic diversity Genotype & phenotype Human Genetics news-and-views Quantitative Trait Loci Recombinant Proteins - genetics Zea mays - genetics
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Zusammenfassung:	It has long been suspected that phenotypic diversity results, in large part, from variation in DNA regulatory sequences. A new study now shows that adaptive changes in an upstream regulatory sequence of tb1 are responsible for major phenotypic changes associated with maize domestication.
ISSN:	1061-4036 1546-1718
DOI:	10.1038/ng0506-506