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Allelic diversity of ethylene biosynthesis-related Md-ACS1 and Md-ACO1 genes in the Russian apple germplasm

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The allelic diversity of the Md-ACS1 and Md-ACO1 genes involved in ethylene biosynthesis was studied using a DNA-marker analysis of 48 apple varieties bred in Russia. Different allelic combinations of these genes were identified. We found that the prevalence of the allelic combinations associated with a long shelf life of apple fruits in the germplasm of Russian varieties corresponds to the occurrence of these alleles in the worldwide gene pool. With regard to these data, a marker-assisted breeding program was started to create the apple-tree forms possessing the Md-ACS1-2/2 allele in combination with the Md-ACO1-1/1 allele to achieve long shelf life.

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    I. I. Suprun & S. V. Tokmakov

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Original Russian Text © I.I. Suprun, S.V. Tokmakov, 2013, published in Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genetiki i Selektsii, 2013, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 298–302.

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Suprun, I.I., Tokmakov, S.V. Allelic diversity of ethylene biosynthesis-related Md-ACS1 and Md-ACO1 genes in the Russian apple germplasm. Russ J Genet Appl Res 3, 451–454 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079059713060105

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