Open AccessA Quantitative Genetic Basis for Leaf Morphology is Revealed in a Set of Precisely Defined Tomato Introgression Lines
Author(s) -
Jennifer Lockhart
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.113.250710
Subject(s) - biology , introgression , morphology (biology) , set (abstract data type) , basis (linear algebra) , botany , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene , mathematics , computer science , geometry , programming language
What causes the domesticated tomato Solanum lycopersicum to have sweet, juicy red fruit and large, compound leaves with narrow-tipped leaflets while its distant wild relative, the Peruvian Solanum pennellii , has small, soapy-smelling green fruit with an unpleasant flavor ([Matsui et al., 2007][1])
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