Convergent selection of a gene in cereals leads to grain yield upgradation

Yucheng Liu¹, Zhixi Tian^{2

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¹ State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. zxtian@genetics.ac.cn.
³ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. zxtian@genetics.ac.cn.

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Yucheng Liu et al. Sci China Life Sci. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;65(7):1479-1480.

doi: 10.1007/s11427-022-2109-2. Epub 2022 Apr 24.

Yucheng Liu¹, Zhixi Tian^{2

3}

¹ State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. zxtian@genetics.ac.cn.
³ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. zxtian@genetics.ac.cn.

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Convergent selection of a WD40 protein that enhances grain yield in maize and rice.
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