Extended Data Fig. 8: IR-mediated ‘tradeoff’ between kernel length and stress tolerance. | Nature Biotechnology

Extended Data Fig. 8: IR-mediated ‘tradeoff’ between kernel length and stress tolerance.

From: The role of transposon inverted repeats in balancing drought tolerance and yield-related traits in maize

Extended Data Fig. 8

Statistic results suggested a general tradeoff between kernel length (KL) and stress tolerance (SR) shown in almost all SNPs adjacent to IRs, including SNPs located inside the IRs (100%, or all 29) or in the regions 1 kb (100%, or all 143), 2 kb (100%, or all 247), 5 kb (99.8%, or 581 out of 582), 10 kb (99.6%, or 1123 out of 1127), or 20 kb (99.6%, or 2549 out of 2559) on either side of each IR that were significantly associated with both kernel lengths and survival rates. The x-axis indicates the difference of kernel length between the two genotypes (alleles) of each SNP, and the y-axis indicates the difference of survival rate between the two genotypes of each SNP. In most cases, the two genotypes of each SNP had opposite effects on kernel length and survival rate.

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