Chuchuan Fan

TL;DR: The polyploid genome of Brassica napus, which originated from a recent combination of two distinct genomes approximately 7500 years ago and gave rise to the crops of rape oilseed, is sequenced.

TL;DR: Analysis of a random subpopulation of 201 individuals from the BC3F2 progeny confirmed that the GS3 locus explained 80–90% of the variation for grain weight and length in this population, and this locus was resolved as a minor QTL for grain width and thickness.

TL;DR: It is shown that the quantitative trait locus GS5 in rice controls grain size by regulating grain width, filling and weight and functions as a positive regulator of grain size, such that higher expression of GS5 is correlated with larger grain size.

TL;DR: It is shown that a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) influences grain chalkiness, which also affects head rice yield and many other quality traits, and that two consensus nucleotide polymorphisms in the Chalk5 promoter in rice varieties might partly account for the differences in Ch chalk5 mRNA levels that contribute to natural variation ingrain chalkiness.

TL;DR: Results clearly confirmed the mutation between C and A was highly associated with GL, and the SF28 could be a functional marker for improvement of rice grain length.