Jiayang Li, Xudong Zhu, Qian Qian and colleagues report cloning of the Grain Length on Chromosome 7 (GL7) locus in rice and identify a copy number variant that increases grain length and improves grain quality. They demonstrate how interactions with other grain length–related genes may be used to improve breeding.
- Yuexing Wang
- Guosheng Xiong
- Qian Qian
