Insertion of a solo LTR retrotransposon associates with spur mutations in 'Red Delicious' apple (Malus x domestica)

Han, Mengxue; Qiu, Huarong; Guo, Jing; Mu, Wenlei; Sun, Jun; Sun, Qibao; Zhou, Junyong; Lu, Lijuan; Han, Mengxue; Mu, Wenlei; SCI

机构： Anhui Agr Univ, Coll Hort, 130 West Changjiang Rd, Hefei 230036, Anhui, Peoples R China; Anhui Acad Agr Sci, Inst Hort Res, 40 South Nongke Rd, Hefei 230031, Anhui, Peoples R China; Anhui Agr Univ, State Key Lab Tea Plant Biol & Utilizat, 130 West Changjiang Rd, Hefei 230036, Anhui, Peoples R China;

关键词： Apple Plant architecture Spur mutation Long terminal repeat retrotransposons (LRNs) sLTR Bidirectional transcription