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GrainGenes Allele Report: Rht8b (Triticum)

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Allele	Rht8b (Triticum)
Reference	Chebotar SV et al. (2001) Allele distribution at locus WMS261 marking the dwarfing gene Rht8 in common wheat cultivars of southern Ukraine Russian Journal of Genetics 37:894-898. Worland AJ et al. (1998) Genetic analysis of the dwarfing gene Rht8 in wheat. Part II. The distribution and adaptive significance of allelic variants at the Rht8 locus of wheat as revealed by microsatellite screening. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 96:1110-1120.
Gene Class	Reduced height
Gene	Rht8 (Triticum)
Germplasm	Homologous chromosome substitution line Cappelle Desprez*/Mara 2D Worland AJ et al. (1984) Alternative semidwarfing genes Annual Report, Plant Breeding Institute Cambridge 59-61.
Comment	Associated with a 174 bp fragment of WMS 261 (Worland et al., 1998). Worland et al., (1998) and Chebotar et al., (2001) list a large number of hexaploid stocks.
Probe	TraesCSU02G024900
URL	Rht8b allele at Komugi: Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat
Info Source	McIntosh RA et al. (2013) Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat- 2013 Edition Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat.
Data Curator	Cooper, Laurel May-2021

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