The Rice Genome Annotation Project (RGAP) database (https://rice.uga.edu/cgi-bin/gbrowser/rice, accessed on 20, 4 2023) was used to retrieve the functional candidate genes at CI of core MQTL. The above database was then used to obtain the description of the CGs in the core MQTL intervals. To enhance the accuracy of our assumptions on CGs, the orthologous genes in the core MQTL regions were placed over the genomes of sorghum and maize. The TBtools software [42 (link)] was used to visualize the gene density and orthologue genes in sorghum and maize.
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