Genome-wide association studies identified three independent polymorphisms associated with α-tocopherol content in maize kernels.

Tocopherols are a class of four natural compounds that can provide nutrition and function as antioxidant in both plants and animals. Maize kernels have low α-tocopherol content, the compound with the highest vitamin E activity, thus, raising the risk of vitamin E deficiency in human populations rely...

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Auteurs principaux: Qing Li, Xiaohong Yang, Shutu Xu, Ye Cai, Dalong Zhang, Yingjia Han, Lin Li, Zuxin Zhang, Shibin Gao, Jiansheng Li, Jianbing Yan
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Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/5b31a7b2f52a496ab2706d487866590b
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