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The Kiwifruit Genome [electronic resource] / edited by Raffaele Testolin, Hong-Wen Huang, Allan Ross Ferguson

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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Physical Description
XV, 269 pages 55 illustrations, 38 illustrations in color : online resource
Additional Creators
Testolin, Raffaele, Huang, Hongwen, 1957-, Ferguson, Allan Ross, and SpringerLink (Online service)
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Contents
Botanical description -- Genetic Resources -- World economic importance -- Cytoplasmic DNA in Actinidia -- Cytology, ploidy and ploidy manipulation -- Reproductive Biology -- Markers, maps, and marker-assisted selection -- The Kiwifruit Genome -- Repetitive sequences -- Gene family prediction and annotation.
Summary
This book describes the basic botanical features of kiwifruit and its wild relatives, reports on the steps that led to its genome sequencing, and discusses the results obtained with the assembly and annotation. The core chapters provide essential insights into the main gene families that characterize this species as a crop, including the genes controlling sugar and starch metabolism, pigment biosynthesis and degradation, the ascorbic-acid pathway, fruit softening and postharvest metabolism, allergens, and resistance to pests and diseases. The book offers a valuable reference guide for taxonomists, geneticists and horticulturists. Further, since information gained from the genome sequence is extraordinarily useful in assessing the breeding value of individuals based on whole-genome scans, it will especially benefit plant breeders. Accordingly, chapters are included that focus on gene introgression from wild relatives and genome-based breeding.
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9783319322742
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text file PDF
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Springer eBooks
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