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| Endosperm.org is the home site of the Maize Endosperm Functional Genomics Consortium. Maize endosperm is one of the most significant agronomic tissues since it is a source of animal feed, a sweetener for various foods and soft drinks, an alternative grain for making beer, and a raw material for ethanol production. Endosperm is also interesting from a genetic point of view because it is triploid, receiving one paternal and two maternal sets of chromosomes and it is terminally differentiated. The consortium's objective is to identify the genes that control the development of this tissue. Since the identification is based on creating knockout alleles, this presents the first step in identifying the role of each gene in endosperm development. We therefore want to develop the knowledge base with which future production agriculture and specific processed products can be designed and shaped. This project is supported by the National Plant Genome Research Program of the National Science Foundation. The original proposal is available as a PDF file. |
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| Rutgers Unversity University of Florida University of Arizona Iowa State University National Science Foundation |
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