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Cover Image: A cucumber leaf shape gene
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of integrative plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.734
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1744-7909
pISSN - 1672-9072
DOI - 10.1111/jipb.12863
Subject(s) - biology , gene , candidate gene , trait , genetics , cover (algebra) , single nucleotide polymorphism , botany , computer science , genotype , mechanical engineering , engineering , programming language
Optimizing leaf shape is a major challenge in efforts to develop an ideal plant type. In this issue, Song et al. (1000–1014) identified a single nucleotide polymorphism within a candidate gene, Csa1M537400 , as the mutation underlying the round leaf trait in cucumber. Csa1M537400 encodes a PINOID kinase protein known to be involved in auxin transport.