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- Title
Genetic and molecular regulation of fruit and plant domestication traits in tomato and pepper.
- Authors
Paran, Ilan; van der Knaap, Esther
- Abstract
Tomato and pepper are two Solanaceous fruit crops that display an enormous diversity in fruit morphology. In this review, we will present an overview of the history of tomato and pepper and discuss key plant traits that were specifically selected during domestication of the two species. The traits discussed are fruit weight, shape, colour, ripening, pungency and plant architecture. We will review these characteristics as well as the genetic loci or genes that control these features, questioning whether mutations at orthologous loci occurred independently in these two species or whether unique plant and fruit features resulted in selection at different genes.
- Publication
Journal of experimental botany, 2007, Vol 58, Issue 14, p3841
- ISSN
1460-2431
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/jxb/erm257